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because it is the infrequency of such acts that, by keeping the rich and poor 

 too far apart, renders the kindness of the former liable to be abused by the 

 latter. Raise the character of the poor by education, and every act of the 

 rich, whether good or bad, will be appreciated as it ought to be. 



Haslemere to Goodwood. August 13. — This is a beautiful road, hilly, 

 but presenting numerous richly-wooded views. Near Midhurst are the mag- 

 nificent ruins of Cowdry House, and about a mile from these ruins a 

 modern house, the present residence of the proprietor, W. S. Poyntz, Esq. 

 The ruins are seen from the road, and the walks round them form an 

 elegant recreation for the inhabitants of iVIidhurst. We deferred going to 

 the new house till an other season ; but Mr. Bowers, Lord Selsey's gar- 

 dener, informed us, that near it is one of the finest situations for garden 

 operations in England. Near Midhurst is Midhurst Cotttxge (Jig. 117.), 



designed and built for the Rev. Dr. Bayley, many years master of the'' 

 celebrated Midhurst school, by Mr. Perry of Godalming. It is in very 

 correct taste, and superiorly fitted up with the best materials from old 

 English examples, and with particular attention to internal convenience. 

 The walls are of free sandstone worked fair, and being of a fine soft brown 

 tint, the effect with the green of the landscape, and the blue and white of 

 the sky, is particularly harmonious. Mr. Perry, who excels in drawing land- 

 scape no less than in architectural drawing, and who also paints both land- 

 scape and architecture in oil, has presented us with a neat little view of 

 the cottage, from which the engraving is executed. 



iVestdean House; Lord Selsey. August 15. — Before arriving at this 

 place, a regularly laid out farm and offices in the Berwickshire manner, 

 attracted our attention, and further on we observed the plantations re- 

 markably well thinned and pruned. These plantations, and many other 

 acres that we had not leisure to go to see, Mr. Bowers informed us were 

 planted by him, and are under his care, and certainl}' we have seen but few 

 so scientifically managed. We hope Mr. Bowers may be induced to send us 

 some account of his practice. 



Westdean House is situated near the bottom of one of those flat dry valleys 

 which are common in chalky countries. The spot is by no means marked 

 by Nature, and perhaps something more might have been done by art, in 

 the way of a terraced basement, to enhance that which is fixed on. However 

 an exceedingly good, plain, Gothic house is built ; and as the views from 

 it cannot be rendered striking, from the absence of natural features and 

 water, they are at least pleasing. According to the momentary impression 

 made during our hasty glance, the carriage entrance ought to have been in 

 the other front, which, being without distant view, would have left what 

 interest there is in the distant scenery to have surprised the visitor from the 

 windows of the garden front. This mode of entering a house from the front, 



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