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Then outline the main path, which should 

 be as devious as the situation allows, and, 

 if byways cannot be added, provide for 

 bays, or more pronounced recesses. Re- 

 member that you are not merely to simu- 

 late nature ; you are, by a process of com- 

 pressing much in little, to epitomize it. 



Then comes the selection of the rocks. 

 Usually the rock close at hand, perhaps 

 on the very grounds, will answer every 

 purpose. If you are not fortunate enough 

 to own any, very likely there is more than 

 one townsman who will be glad to give 

 you all the boulders and smaller rocks that 

 you want, if you will only remove them 

 from spots where they are not desired. 

 The cost of removal, even in the case of 

 boulders of fair size, is not great. 



Barring quartz rock, which does not 

 look well, almost any kind of natural 

 stone may be made use of to the best 



