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sources of amusement to 316 



the young people who 

 are allowed to visit the 

 grounds. Every one who 

 has been at Hampton 

 Court will recollect the 

 labyrinth there, which is 

 open at all times to all 

 the world, and is the 

 source of perpetual 

 amusement to the^ pub- 

 lic, Tl)ere is also a very 

 well kept labyrinth at 

 Chevening, the seat of 

 Earl Stanhope, where 

 the grounds have been 

 laid out by the present 

 earl, chiefly in the 

 ancient style, and in 

 very correct and appro- 

 priate taste ; and where, 

 with an example worthy 

 of imitation, they are at 

 all times open to all the 

 public. A labyrinth of 

 hornbeam hedges might 

 be introduced at w in 

 fg. 3 1 4. in p. 447, instead 

 of one of the hop- 

 grounds. The woods 

 vv, in the same figure, 

 might be cut into alleys, 

 stars, and pattes d'oie ; 

 and it would not be in- 

 consistentwith this style, 

 if the two side avenues 

 (c c) terminated in obe- 

 lisks. Directly in front 

 of the house, in the 

 boundary row of trees, 

 or immediately within it, 

 a column surmounted by 

 a statue, or an obelisk, 

 might be placed, as an 

 object from the house, 

 and to divert attention from the boundary fence. 



498. The park is thrown into compartments by the intersections of the 

 avenues; but, as no hedges or walls are supposed to exist within it, there is a 

 free range for animals and sportsmen over the whole. If, however, it should 

 be desired to make the most of the pasture, by grazing it with cows or sheep, 



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