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lines ; and the recesses or bays, a a, would grow up in weeds, or require con- 

 stant care ; the projections would be shaved by the carriages, and continu- 

 ally encroached upon. Fig. 18 is, however, by no means as bad as evil 

 ingenuity could make it; but it is wrong in principle, and no landscape- 

 gardener would lay it out so. 



A practice which should decidedly never be allowed is for two bays or 

 two projections on the same side to be seen at once : it is the worst possi- 

 ble fault a road can have. Use curves, as many as may be desired, but 

 no serpent-like twistings. The following figures will explain more clearly. 



Fig. 19. 



In Fig. 19, we have an easy curve ; and, by looking at the dotted lines, 

 it will be seen that the view is confined to one bay and one projection. In 

 Fig. 20, on the contrary, two indentations and two projections are visible, 



Fig. 20. 



the effect of which would be very bad. A horse would draw a carriage so 

 as to shave the projections, and avoid the indentations ; and the track of 

 the wheels would soon show the faults of the design. 



Most landscape-gardeners insist that the road should be carried on the 

 natural surface of the land. Unless, however, the ground be very easy in 

 its slopes, there seems no valid objection to a moderate amount of cutting 

 and filling. The main thing to avoid is the formality of a railroad ; but, 



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