of Woods and Grovesy Szc. 203 

 the Wood does not hinder a better Profped ^ th is 

 is fuppofing the Wood is upon a level Ground^ 

 but if it is upon a rifing Hill, it ought not to 

 be cut down by any Means, in as much as 

 Nature has thrown that in the Way, to fup- 

 ply all the other Defefts of the Situation. 



In general. Wood on the South Side (if the 

 Profped be not extreamly fine) is not defira- 

 ble near at Hand, as lying too contiguous and 

 interwove with our Gardens ^ but (hould be 

 clear'd away, and an open Lawn or Parterre 

 made, detached of all the Angles of Building ^ 

 350 or 400 Foot at lead from the Front of it 

 in fmall Buildings, and 5, 6, 7, or 8co 

 Foot in larger. In which, as we have obferv'd 

 in the Chapter concerning Parterres,the Width 

 of the main Body of the Building (not the 

 Wings) is our general Direction ^ wherein we 

 fliould allow, at leaft, twice the Width of 

 the Building, for the Diflance of Wood from 

 it, and, if poflible, without cutting down 

 too much Wood, two times and an half, or 

 three times, tho* it come near up to the Out- 

 fide Angles of the Edifice. 



But as to the North Front, which is, gene- 

 rally fpeaking, the mofl: champion View^ 

 there the opener and larger your Lawn is,*tis 

 ftill the nobler 5 and if the Wood is not al- 

 ready grown, a Lawn of at leafl a quarter of 

 a Mile in Length ought to determine the 

 View. For Wood plac'd at that Diftance, 

 or in larger Places fix times the fame, affords 

 a moii noble Termination to the View, as^ 



may 



