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remote foreft-view ftretches Into all the ob- 

 fcurity of diftance. Every fpecies of country, 

 cultivated, as well as uncultivated, when melted 

 down into diftance, has a fine efFe»fl ; as we 

 have often obferved ; but the foreft-diftance, is 



among the richeft. Such is the grand view, 



from Burley-hill ; continually varying it's ap- 

 pearance as we defcend. 



Our road led us over Mark-way-bottom, 

 to the duke of Bolton's at Burley ; which 

 is an excellent foreft-lodge, tho an ordinary 

 ducal-feat. The late duke having obtained a 

 grant of it for thirty years, was at fome ex- 

 pence in adorning it. He built handfome 

 ftables i fitted up the houfe, and laid out 

 a lawn before it, which is bounded by a piece 

 of embanked water. There is but little tafte 

 however fliewn in the improvements ; nor 

 indeed does the fituation deferve much at- 

 tention. It is low; and except that it ftands 

 in the midft of a beautiful foreft, it is on 

 the whole, ill-chofen. 



The lawri of this lodge is adorned with 

 fome very grand oaks, which from the dignity 

 of their form, and venerable appearance ; as 



well 



