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A walk that leads nowhere or ends in nothing gives an im- 

 pression of an unfinished place, and is as unsatisfactory as all 

 other abortions. If it be not desirable to continue it beyond 

 a certain point, and yet be of consequence that it should pro- 

 ceed as far as that point, a summer house, or arbor, or seat 

 to obtain a good view, will be a sufficient terminating object. 

 Otherwise the walk can be carried round a small loop filled 

 with shrubs till it returns again into the same part. A mere 



Branching of a walk. 



cul-de-sac in which a walk or drive expands into a truncated 

 form without any outlet is extremely undesirable. 



No walk must ever turn aside from its course except for 

 some sufficient object. A great change of level, a tree, plant, . 

 or group of plants, and a variety of such things, will justify a 

 curve in a walk ; and when it is straight, something must be 

 distinctly placed to stop it where it turns off in a lateral 

 direction. It should appear as if it could not go any further 



