270 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND. 



Scarbrough (with Poet's feeling and with Painter's eye) 

 beginning at the Heads of the Hammer Pond and 

 continuing up the Valley towards Loton, als : Loughton in 

 the Morn, as far as Lord Scarbroughs ground goes, and to 

 continue the Water and Dress the Valley up by the Present 

 Farm House untill it comes to the seperation fixed for the 

 Boundary of the New Farm. N : B : The Paths in the 

 Wood are included in this Discription and ever}' thing 

 but the Buildings. The said Lancelot Brown does 

 Promise for himself His Heirs Executors and Administrators 

 to perform or cause to be Performed in the Best 

 manner in His or Their Power between the Date 

 hereof and December one Thousand Seven Hundred and 

 Seventy Seven, the above written five Articles. For the 

 Due Performance of the above written five Articles The 

 Earl of Scarbrovgh does Promise for himself His Heirs 

 Administrators and Executors to Pay or cause to be Paid at 

 the underwritten Times of Payment Two Thousand Seven 

 Hundred Pounds of Lawfull money of England, and three 

 Hundred Pounds in consideration of and for the Plans and 

 trouble Brown has had for his Lordship at Sandbeck, previous 

 to this Agreement. Lord Scarbrough to find Rough Timber, 

 four able Horses, carts, and Harness for them, wheelbarrows 

 and Planks, as also Trees and Shrubbs. 

 The Times of Payment in 



June, 1775 ^800 



Feb. 1776 400 



June, D". 400 



Feb. 1777 600 



On Finishing the work 800 



:£"3ooo 



(Signed) Scarbrough. 



Lancelot Brown. 



The melancholy spectacle presented by some of the stately 

 houses surrounded by the stiff and unreal " natural land- 



