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fin'd, as Troutp Perch, Carp, &c. of a 

 very large Size, and tho' it is deep, yet 

 the Water is fo tranfparent that you may 

 £a(ily difcover the fcalely Refidents, even 

 thofe of the fmalleft Dimendons: And this 

 Canal is fo very much freqented in the Sum- 

 mer, that the Fifli will not be difturb'd at 

 your Approach ^ but are almoft as tame as 

 the Swans, (two whereof continually waft 

 themfelves with Grandeur in this Canal) 

 which will not fcruple to take an uncommon 

 Feeding from your Hands. 



The Situation of the Canal is lower than 

 the Parterre before the Body of the Houfe, 

 feparated with Walls 5 that on the Left ma- 

 king the Parterre a Terrace, and that on the 

 right dividmg the Garden from the Park ^ fo 

 that it is as it were a private Garden of it 

 felf, and indeed is a moft pleafant one in a 

 hot Seafon: In the Walls on each Side are 

 feveral Falls of Water,- from Pipes and Mon- 

 flers Heads to Bafons, from one Bafon to 

 another, which at laft empty into Streams 

 appearing like Brooks, and thefe difcharge 

 themfelves into the Canal : One of the Walls 

 isfiird with Fruit-Trees, and the other (the 

 highefl) with Ever-Greens^ and of each 

 Side \he Canal are Walks of Bajs, Philireas^ 

 &c. in Tubs, and two very large Silver Hol- 

 lies at the End to grace the Entrance. 



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