MR. URBAN AND A COUNTRY HOUSE 



be seen cropping the herbage, or cooHng them- 

 selves in the pool beyond the bridge. 



Of course such disposition of the matter 

 (which I have tried to illustrate in the draw- 

 ing) commended itself most warmly to Mrs. 



Urban and to the Misses Urbans. Nor did 

 the pater familias greatly object- 

 To add still more to the picturesqueness of 

 this view across the road, I proposed the intro- 

 duction of the gardener's cottage upon the 

 wayside, in such manner that its quaint gable 

 should peep from the trees upon the right of 

 the scene, and a well-trimmed hedge of hem- 

 lock shut out all sight of the road- way. The 

 diagram already given will show the position 

 of the water, the walks, the gardener's cottage, 

 and the gardener's patch of vegetables — this 

 latter being quite out of sight from the high 

 grounds by the mansion. 



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