[ 268 ] 



ligion, laws, and liberties, King George 

 the Second, who, by the blefling of God, 

 having fubdued a moll unnatural rebellion 

 in Britain, anno \ 746, maintains the ba- 

 lance of power and fettles a juft and ho- 

 nourable peace in Europe." 

 1748. 



Near it is a fmall but very neat room, 

 looking down upon a beautiful valley, and 

 over a fine and extenfive profpcct, where 

 Lady Rockingham fometimes drinks tea. 



At no great diftance from the pyramid 

 is the arch, another building, which was 

 railed as an object to decorate the view 

 from the Ionic temple. 



The mention of that elegant piece of 

 architecture reminds me of the exquifite 

 landfcapes {ccn from it ; an elevated fitua- 

 tion gives it the command of the valley 

 with the water in different places, and on 

 the other fide of it, you look upon feveral 

 of the woods before dcfcribed, rifing to that 

 noble one of an hundred acres, which 

 hangs towards you in the grandeft man- 

 ner. In this wood, his Lordfhip propofes 

 building an obelifk, which will have a 

 fine effect, when viewed from all the 

 oppofite hills. Juft by this temple is the 

 menagery in front of the green-houfe, con- 

 taining a prodigious number of foreign 

 birds, particularly gold and pencil phea- 



fants, 



