Of the proper Choice oj Soih^ &c. 37 

 as they are placed, or not plac*d on Eminences 

 floping Hills with Vallies between them, as 

 they are naturally andpromifcuoully fcatter'd 

 and difpers'd over a whole Eftate 5 and it ieems 

 to be a great Miftake of thofe i)]ai efteem 

 nothing to bebeautifal, but what is regularly 

 planted and diftributed out, as are many of 

 Avenues leading to great Houfes : Since the 

 Beauty of this Regularity is eafilv feen at 

 once, and then the Mind is by Nature foon 

 cloy'd of it, but in the other, how pleafingly 

 does it rove uncontroul'd thro' the promif^ 

 cuous Scenes of a Country. There are others 

 /cem to miftake, in thinking none more beau- 

 rtiful, than that that is plac'd thick and clofe 

 together, as are our common Coppices, but 

 A lliould rather advife it to be (as already 

 fhinted) mix'd with Lawns, Vallies, and ri- 

 fing Hills, that iliould be always prefenting 

 themfelves to the Rife of the Beholder, with 

 open Glades, Corn Fields, and Pafture Lands ; 

 in this Place a Hillock of Oaks for Shade ; in 

 that a hollow and natural Lawn with a Cave 

 or Grott •, in one, if pOiIible,a winding Valley 

 between Two riling or floping Hills of 

 Wood: Here purling Streams 5 and in another 

 place, Water rowling down not over polilh'd 

 Mafonry, but over the rougheft Froft-work 

 and rugged Stone, cover'd with Mofs and o- 

 ther lapidary Excrefcencies and Herbs; theie 

 agreeable Conveniencies with a little Im- 

 provement will without doubt anfwer the de- 



