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and this which has been described, gives it 

 a profpect, fufficiently extenfive, of pleafant 

 and umbrageous fields. Acrofs the dell, 

 between his houfe and the ftreet, Dr. Dar- 

 win flung a broad bridge of fhallow fteps 

 with chinefe paling, defcending from his 

 hall-dooi* to the pavement. The tangled 

 and hollow bottom he cleared into lawny 

 fmoothnefs, and made a terrace on the 

 bank, which ftretched in a line, level with 

 the floor of his apartments, planting the 

 deep declivity with lilacs and rofe-bulhes; 

 while he fcreened his terrace from the gaze 

 of paffengers, and the fummer fun, 



By all that higher grew, 



" Of firm and fragrant leaf. Then fwiftly rofe 

 " Acanthus, and each odorous, bufhy fhrub, 

 " To fence the verdant wall." 



The laft gentleman who purchafed this 



lioufe and it's gardens, has deftroyed the 



verdure and plantations of that dell, for the 



i purpofe 



