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wood, through which are cut fine avenues ; the gardens 

 are also very spacious. 



Tester. 



The capital seat of Hay, Marquis of Tweeddale. 

 The rooms of state that run on each side of the saloon, 

 fronting the garden, are very stately ; the parterre and 

 garden behind the house is very spacious and fine, 

 rising up by an easy ascent into the park, as those 

 of Lord Rochester's near Richmond. There is a 

 handsome bason, with a jet d'eau in the middle of the 

 parterre, with four good statues, upon pedestals, at 

 each corner ; there are abundance of evergreens and 

 green slopes regularly disposed ; and to the west of 

 the garden, on an artificial mount, is a pleasant 

 summer-house. There is a pretty rapid stream runs 

 by the house, and by its rustling through the trees 

 as it runs through the park, makes the whole very 

 rural. There is a pretty bowling-green by the river- 

 side. 



Seaton. 



The palace of Seaton stands in the middle of a 

 large plantation of trees, of at least twelve acres, with 

 a large garden to the south and another to the north. 

 The apartments of state are on the second story, and 

 very spacious ; three great rooms, at least forty feet 



