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the country around : From hence there 

 is a profpect of valleys all fcattered 

 with villages ; with cultivated hills arif- 

 ing on every fide to the clouds : The 

 houfe appears in the center of nine or 

 ten vaft hanging and other woods, which 

 have a genuine magnificence more noble 

 than can eafily be conceived. The pyra- 

 mid and temples are fcattered over the 

 fcene, and give it juft the air of liveli- 

 nefs which is confident with the grandeur 

 of the extent. This view is perhaps the 

 moft beautiful in Tcrk/Jjire ; for t.ie houfe, 

 •id woods form a circular connected 

 land 'ape, equally beautiful and grand, 

 while the furrounding country exhibits 

 Arcadian fcenes imiling with cultivation, 

 and endlefs in variety. 



From this point, moving to the left, the 

 landscapes perpetually vary, each object 

 taking a new appearance, and every one 

 truly pleafing. Crofting a beautiful irrigu- 

 ous valley, you rife to the new plantation, 

 at the weft end of the park, from whence 

 a new ::c is beheld equal to any of the 

 reft. You look down over a fine flope en 

 the water, and catch it at feveral points 

 breaking upon the eye through the fcat- 

 tered trees ; the octagon temple appearing 

 on its bank, in a fituation extremely well 

 contraitcd to the elevated ones of the other 

 3 build- 



