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points; the scenery of the foreground, and that of the middle distance, being, 

 in this case, as in the descriptive cohimn, taken no notice of. 



299. A third mode consists in giving a panoramic view of the entire country, 

 exterior to tlie ring-fence of the part to be laid out, as in fig. 117, This 

 panoramic view is supposed to be taken from a temporary platform, erected 

 in the centre of the exact situation where the mansion is to be placed, and 

 raised 20 or 30 feet above the natural surface of the ground. The artist, 

 in taking such a view, changes his position six times, so as to include in 

 the panorama six connected views, each embracing an angle of 60°. This 

 mode is calculated to give a very cleai idea to a purchaser of the kind of 

 distant scenery which will be viewed from the windows of his intended 

 habitation ; and it may be very conveniently adopted in a case which some- 

 times occurs; viz. of an English gentleman engaged in business in South 

 America, or any distant country, who sends home orders to have grounds 

 purchased, and a house built, prepai-atory to his return to England. The 

 first step, in such a case, previously even to purchasing the land, would be to 

 send out a ground plan, surrounded by a panoramic view, as in the figure just 

 referred to. 



300. Where the surface of the ground is considerably varied, and whei-e it is 

 also desired to form a correct idea of the subsoil, and, perhaps, of the mines 

 and minerals, the kind of sectional plan exhibited in fig. 118. may be adopted. 

 In this plan, the area is first thrown into squares, by N. and S. and E. and W. 

 lines, as in giving surface plans. The lowest point on the ground is next fixed 

 on, as the level of the base line of all the sections ; and on this line the rising 



