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tect. The painting of the house, a blazing white, we do not 

 suppose was part of his design, consequently we give the 

 proprietor credit for this mistake. The outbuildings all 

 harmonize in their general appearance with the prominent 

 feature of the place, which is generally supposed to be the 

 dwelling. But the garden, walks, drives, and lawn, what 

 shall Ave say of them ? The soil where the roads and walks 

 are laid has been taken out to the depth of one foot or 

 more, and the place filled with stone, and these covered 

 with gravel, consequently their construction has been very 

 thorough, as well as an expensive operation. The lawn has 

 been all trenched and highly manured, and the grass is 

 luxuriant ; so far this is all correct and just as it should be, 

 but the arrangement of them has destroyed all the pleas- 

 ing effect that they were designed to produce. 



The house stands upon a high, prominent knoll, about 

 twenty rods from the main road, and the principal walk 

 is laid in. a straight line from the front door, whicli is in the 

 center of the house, to the road. Along this walk American 

 arborvita^s are planted, about ten feet ajDart ; these are 

 now about fifteen feet high, and as compact and straight as 

 could be wished. No row of Lombardy poplars, or platoon 

 of soldiei"s with fixed bayonets, ever looked less inviting 

 than this walk with its long line of arborvittes. In pass- 

 ing from the gate to the house along the walk, we are re- 

 minded of the old Indian custom of punishing their pris- 

 oners, by allowing them to run the gauntlet for their lives, 

 and we instinctively dodge as we pass each tree, expecting 

 a war-club or lash to fall upon our backs. If the owner 

 did not possess sufficient land to make his walks differently, 



