114 Of rural and extenjive Gardening. 



I have been a great many Pages in treating 

 of Situations, which a Man would always 

 willingly chufe,tho' it is rarely in his Power : 

 I therefore hope this Defcription will be 

 the more acceptable, as it contains matter of 

 Fad, and is no way chimerical ^ and when 

 'tis confider'd, that Nature has a greater Share 

 in the Beauties I am proceeding to, than Art ^ 

 not but very confiderable Sums have been ex- 

 pended to bring thefe Gardens to that Per- 

 fefliion which I fome Years fince faw them 

 in, when my AflFairs required my Atten- 

 dance on a Perfon of the firfl: Rank at the 

 Bath. 



To defcribe the Situation of the Seat in 

 general is a Ta(k of Difficulty 5 the beft Ac- 

 count I can give of it in a few Words, is, 

 that *tis a beautiful Irregularity, here a Dale, 

 there a Mount, here a winding Valley, there 

 a purling Stream, &c. And indeed the 

 Quantity of Water which abounds here, and 

 plentifully fupplies the Water-works, is found 

 Fault with by fome Perfons as an Annoyance 

 to the Houfe, feared low ^ but without con- 

 fidering the many large and moft exquifite 

 contriv'd Drains ereded for its Conveyance to 

 diftant Ponds. 



Some 



