VII FISH-PONDS, PLEACHING, ARBOURS 149 



to England, the fish-pond as a fish-pond dis- 

 appeared in the vast sheets of water which 

 formed an essential feature in his system of 

 desic^n. Great ca;ials and basins, as at Wrest, 

 in Bedfordshire, took its place, and the transi- 

 tion from this to the artificial lakes of the 



Fig. 30. 



landscape gardener was easy. The great canal 

 at Wrest measures about 250 paces by 50, with 

 transepts at the north end and a large pavilion 

 at the south. There is also at W^rest a pond 

 called '* the Ladies' Canal," with grass banks 

 measuring about 90 paces by 40. This is 

 surrounded by a broad grass verge and yew- 

 hedges 20 feet high, with a statue at the west 



