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very noble; the apartments within are also very 

 regular, and in the garden is the most charming grove 

 imaginable; famous for that scene of love between 

 Lord Grey and his lady's sister, which you have 

 read of. Lord Baltimore's gardens are also fine ; 

 the house is old, but the chapel is the neatest little 

 thing in the world. Mr. Ward's, on Clay Hill, is a 

 delicious palace. The late Sir James Bateman had 

 also a delicate seat at some miles distance ; but what 

 charmed me more than anything hereabouts is the 

 river of Carshalton, which environs Sir William 

 Scawen's garden in a square ; it is full of fish, and 

 makes a pretty cascade in going out. Within a mile 

 of Epsom is Aysted, belonging to Mr. Fielding, brother 

 to the Earl of Denbigh, which, for its situation, park, 

 and gardens, is inferior to nothing of its size that 

 I have seen in England. 



Wimbledon. 



The noble seat of the Duke of Leeds, and in a 

 majestic situation. You have three several beautiful 

 prospects from his garden, and the variety is the more 

 diverting that it is in every walk ; you can turn no- 

 where but your view fixes on something new. Sir 

 Theodore Janssen, the French banker, hath also a very 

 delicious seat in this village, which insensibly leads 



