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at Brandsbury are so rich and varied that nothing can 

 justify their total exclusion. A walk round a paddock 

 in such a situation, enclosed by a lofty fence, would be 

 a continual source of mortification ; as every step would 

 excite a wish either to peep through, or look over, the 

 pale of confinement. 



ThePale ^^ TkePale 



Fig. 2. Illustrating the shape of the ground at Brandsbury. 



Where all the surrounding country presents the most 

 beautiful pasture-ground, instead of excluding the vast 

 herds of cattle which enliven the scene, I recommend 

 that only a sufficient quantity of land round the house 

 be enclosed to shelter and screen the barns, stables, 

 kitchen-garden, offices, and other useful but unpleasing 

 objects ; and within this enclosure, though not contain- 

 ing more than ten or twelve acres, I propose to conduct 

 walks through shrubberies, plantations, and small se- 

 questered lawns, sometimes winding into rich internal 

 scenery, and sometimes breaking out upon the most 

 pleasing points for commanding distant prospects : at 

 such places the pale may be sunk and concealed, while 

 in others it will be so hid by plantation that the twelve 

 acres thus enclosed will appear considerably larger than 

 the sixty acres originally intended to be surrounded by 

 a park pale. 



The present character of Rivenhall Place is evidently 

 gloomy and sequestered, with the appearance of being 

 low and damp. The interference of art in former days 

 has indeed rendered the improvement and restoration 



