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Imagine to what extent the peculiar beauty of the ocean would 

 be marred, if certain portions were enclosed by a fence for 

 the exclusive advantage of some proprietor ! Fences are de- 

 formities of prospect which we are obliged to use and to 

 tolerate ; but of these the stone-wall is one of the least ex- 

 ceptionable, inasmuch as it harmonizes with nature, and is 

 expressive of that freedom which it affords to the traveller 

 and the rambler. 



It may be remarked that no inconsiderable share of the 

 interest added to a prospect by the presence of rocks, arises 

 from their connection with the history of past ages of the 

 world. They are indeed the monuments of the antediluvian 

 ages, and no man who is acquainted with the commonly 

 received geological facts, when wandering among these relics 

 of the mysterious past, can fail to be inspired with those 

 emotions of sublimity, which proceed no less from the won- 

 ders of science than from the bolder creations of poetry. 



EUROPEAN PARKS, NO. II. 



BY HOWARD DANIELS, ARCHITECT, N. Y. 



In the immediate neighborhood of Liverpool, there are no 

 fine parks belonging to the nobility — that of the late Earl of 

 Sefton is small and plain ; the lawn and flower garden are 

 very neatly kept, and that is about all that can be said in its 

 favor. The new approach is very monotonous, having one 

 gentle sweep for about half a mile, with a parallel plantation 

 of young trees, of uniform size and of few kinds, on each 

 side. The hall is an old-fashioned structure, of no architect- 

 ural pretensions whatever. • 



KNOWSLEY HALL, THE PRINCIPAL SEAT OF THE EARL OF DERBY, 



is situated in a large park. The grounds, gardens, &c., are 

 not much better than those of the Earl of Sefton, but on a 

 larger scale. 



