1 8 Of rural and ext en five G ardenhg. 



jivn^ and laft Retreat ! How fweet would 

 Boilkan^, or a Dryden^ have turned their 

 Song ! And how wou'd Cowley have been de- 

 lighted, in fuch rural Scene?, as a Defign of 

 this kind would have prefented him with. 



But to take too much delight here, how 

 pleafant foever the thoughts may be, *tis in 

 thefe direct Circular and Serpentine Lines 

 that the Mind is pleafingly carried forwards 

 and backwards ; and while in one Place a 

 Valley prefents it felf ; then likewtfe Hills, 

 Bafons of Water, and Filh Ponds, and httle 

 Glades cut down to Ihsw for Cafcades, if 

 Plenty of Water, 



In fliort, the whole Defign is eafier feen, by 

 this imperfcft Draft of it, than exprefs'd, 

 and will, befides it ufe, I hope, ftill encreafe 

 upon the Minds of thofe, that pleafe to Pe- 

 rufe ir, and put it into Praftife. 



It is eafy to fee, that all the Enclofures in 

 the upper Part lie encompaifed by thofe Ser- 

 pentine Walks 3 and To likewife is the Mea- 

 dow in the Bottom, where a Walk of Gravel 

 is carried round at the bottom of the Hill, 

 ^nd little Ditches of about fix Foot wide, to 

 carry oiFthe back Waters, and to bring round 

 a Part of the main Stream, w^hich runs in the 

 .middle. And it is a doubtful Point, whether 

 in fuch a Cafe one would not fill up the Ri- 

 ver in themidd!e> and divide the Stream on 

 each fide, for the fencing in of the Meadow, 

 from Cattle that feed on the HilJ, and for fa^^ 



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