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clumps, and lingle trees fcattered about it. 

 On an eminence near this lawn, ftands a new 

 houfe, belonging to Mr. Gilbert. It feems 

 to enjoy a good lituation -, but we did not ride 



up to it. In this part of the foreft are a 



few fcattered houfes, known by the name of 

 Cadenham, remarkable for ftanding near that 

 celebrated oak, of' which I have given an ac- 

 count in the early part of this work*. 



Not far from hence lies Paultons, the feat 



of Mr. Welbore Ellis. Paultons was one 



of the iirft works of Mr. Brown ; and there- 

 fore deferves the attention of the curious j tho 

 in itfelf indeed it is a pleafing fcene. The 

 fituation of the houfe is that of an abbey ; low, 

 fheltered, and fequeftered. It is contained 

 within a paled boundary of about five miles 

 in circumference : but the whole is fo woody, 

 that the boundary is no where vilible. When 

 Mr. Brown firft undertook this place, it was 

 full of ancient timber ; and nothing was 

 wanting, but to open the area judicioufly into 

 ample lawns, ikreened with wood. 



* See vol. I. page 169. 



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