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to be aimed at by plain, appropriate, intelli- 

 gible terms. 



I fliould add, before I leave this pleafing 

 vifta, that to fee it in perfed:ion, a ftrong 

 fun-fhine is neceflary. Even a meridian fun, 

 which has a better effedl on the woods of the 

 foreft, than on any other fpecies of landfcape*, 

 is not perhaps too ftrong for fuch a fcene as 

 this. It will rarely happen, but that one 

 lide, or the other of the vifta will be in 

 fhadow ; and this circumitance alone will 

 produce contrafts, which will be highly 



agreeable. 1 may add alfo, that this vifta 



appears to much greater advantage, as we rife 

 through it to Lyndhurft, than as we defcend 

 to Brokenhurft. 



As we pafled this vifta, we faw, in many 

 parts through the trees, on the left, the pales 

 of New-park, juft removed from the road. 

 This park, which is the only one in the whole 

 diftrid: of New-foreft, is about four miles in 

 circumference. It was firil: ufed to fecure 

 flray cattle forfeited to the lord-warden : but 

 in the year 1670, it was ftrongly fenced by 

 Charles II. for the reception of a particular 



* See vol. I. page 252. 



breed 



