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openings, and to skreen from the occidental and 

 after-noons sun, which also hinders prospect : A lawn 

 on the north, exposes the house to that piercing 

 quarter, and therefore it would be well defended with 

 the tallest trees : For the figure he commends the 

 square, with three avenues breaking out at the three 

 angles, or one at the angle opposite to the house ; 

 and these lawns may be bounded with walks, or a 

 single row of lime-trees at competent distance : To 

 which I add, the circle with a star of walks radiating 

 from it likewise exceeding pleasant ; such as the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Winchelsea has cut 

 out at his noble Seat in Kent ; and since, (far exceed- 

 ing the most) at Long Leats, the stately palace of the 

 Lord Viscount Weymouth ; at Badminton, the Duke 

 of Beaufort's princely Seat in Gloucestershire : At 

 Ackdowne Park in Berks, a most delightful solitude, 

 from the centre of a large wood belonging to the 

 Lord Craven ; and in Worcestershire at Westwood, 

 the mansion of Sir John Packington ; besides those 

 mention'd by Dr. Plot in his Nat. Hist, of 'Staffordshire , 

 with many others ; most of which have been graphic- 

 ally plotted and design'd, (together with the seats, 

 gardens, fountains, piscinas, plantations, avenues, vista's, 

 and prospects about them) by Mr. Kniff, in near an 

 hundred copper-plates : A most laudable undertaking, 

 and becoming the encouragement of those noble 

 persons, who would do honour to themselves, their 

 family, and whole nation. By these, and the like 

 examples, gentlemen (lovers of improvements) may 

 learn how to contrive and adapt a square, oblong, 

 regular or irregular figure, according as their woods, 

 groves and parks are disposed, and lie proper for 

 avenues and vista's, radiating from their Seats in the 



