KENSINGTON PALACE, LONDON 



the death of George II the Court ceased to 

 reside here, and the gardens were thrown open 

 freely. 



Sheridan says of the gardens, " We all herd 

 in one walk, and that nearest the Park : 



" There 'with ease we may see as we pass by the 



wicket 

 The chimneys of Knightsbridge and footmen at 



cricket. 



I must though in justice ; declare that the grass 

 Which, 'worn by our feet ', is diminished apace, 

 In a little time more will be brown and as Jiat 

 (L^!f the sand at Vauxhall or as Ranelagh mat. 

 Improving thus fast, perhaps by degrees, 

 We may see rolls and butter spread under the 



trees, 

 With a small pretty band in each seat of the 



walk 

 To play little tunes, or enliven our talk." 



A few deer were still to be seen here some time 

 after the beginning of the nineteenth century, 

 and foxes were hunted here at the end of the 

 eighteenth century. (Minute Board of Green 

 Cloth, 1798, pension to Sarah Gray, husband 

 accidentally killed by keepers while hunting 

 foxes.) 



