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respect of this style of architecture, the modern village 

 of Worsley is probably superior to any place in England. 

 The first earl, to whom so much is owing, admired it 

 greatly, and gave every encouragement to the erection 

 of the beautiful examples which now constitute so fine 

 a memorial of his accomplished taste. The famous 

 epitaph in St Paul's Cathedral might well be inscribed 

 here over again 



" Si monumentum quseris, circumspice !" 



Another way to Worsley is through BOTANY -BAY 

 WOOD one of the most delightfully sequestered places 

 within many miles of Manchester. Being strictly pre- 

 served, it is scarcely known, however, even by name, 

 and it is only under special circumstances that permis- 

 sion is given to pass through it. The wood stands upon 

 the tract of ground that lies between the gardens and 

 the railway, and received its name, about eighty years 

 ago, from the workmen employed in the planting, &c., 

 who cried out that the labour and the desolateness of the 

 place were as bad as transportation. The way to it is 

 by the old Liverpool line to "Barton Moss" Station, 

 where we leave the rails, cross the moss at right angles, 

 and presently enter a broad causeway which traverses it 

 in a line parallel with the rails, and at a distance of about 

 a furlong from them. Turning to the right, or towards 

 Manchester, in a little while this broad causeway be- 

 comes greener and softer ; in a few minutes more it is 



