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of elm, some of which are 40 yards high, stript up to 

 the top, and so near set, as 1 5 foot space : The second 

 row is about six foot distant from the other ; not 

 planted exactly against its usual opposite, but the 

 interval, and space, thro' which glides a narrow 

 shallow channel of water to refresh the trees upon 

 occasion ; thus, 



Which is the method us'd in many ridings of elm- 

 walks, some of which are a league in length, adorning 

 this seat beyond any palace (some think) in the world. 

 Many of these indeed are on the decay, prejudic'd by 

 their being planted so near one another : But for all 

 that, it takes not much from the beauty of the vista, 

 which is certainly the most surprizingly agreeable ; 

 to which the ample fountain, and noble statues in the 

 the cross-walks, make so glorious an addition, as 

 would require a particular description. 



And now do I not for all this so magnify it, as if 

 not to be paralleled in our own country ; where I dare 

 affirm, are many exceed it, both in form and planting, 

 (which has there several defects) but as we said, for 

 an exotick example, so admir'd and celebrated by 

 that boasting nation, as if the universe could not 

 shew the like. 



And what, in the mean time, can be more delight- 

 ful, than for noble persons, to adorn their goodly 

 mansions and demesnes with trees of venerable shade, 

 and profitable timber ? By all the rules and methods 

 imaginable, to cut and dispose those ampler enclosures 



