12 Of the Choice ofSdtuatmsl 

 ftersoi? And perhaps 'tis not hard to name 

 fome of our Seats, and that not far from 

 London^ that for Noblenefs of Profpeffe much 

 exceed any thing, that France or Italy caa 

 boaft of 5 while others that have not fo noble 

 an Elevation, are^furnifh'd p!entifUiiy with 

 Sprin['^s, and Rills of Water, fine Cover, and 

 the moft beautiful Lawns of Turff, and 

 Theatres, and Plots of Noble on Oaks, and 

 ether ufeful and umbragious Trees. 



As the very great Height of Scituations, 

 fliould not always allure us to fix there, fo 

 we fliould not be too quick in rejecting low 

 ones ; fince the fiift, ii not already furniih'd 

 and guarded with Wood, expofes the Inha* 

 biter to the mercilefs Fury of Winds, and he 

 niuft have the nobleft of Profpefts to com- 

 penfate this Evil to him ; befides, 'tis to be 

 |ear*d, that with this great Height, and it s 

 Want of Wood, there is a worfe attending, 

 and that is, a bad Soil : Whilft in a low Sci- 

 tuation, provided it be not fenny, there is 

 generally a good Soil 5 and if there be no 

 Wood, it will quickly grow there 5 the grea- 

 ttft Misfortune in fome low Scituations is not 

 the Want of Water, but the Slownefs of it's 

 Motion, which makes it unhealthy and un- 

 comfortable 5 but if there be a pretty quick 

 Fall (viz.) about an Inch in Ten Foot, (o 

 that the Rivers and Rain Waters run quick 

 of 5 and if the Grafs and Pafture be clear 

 from Ruflics and Sedge, (as 'tis call'd in the 



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