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Duncombe Park^ I was afTured there was 

 fcarce a farm of 50/. a year ; the general 

 fize 20/. with here and there one of ^T, 100 

 a year, particularly near Wcji-Newton. All 



"Leonardo da Vinci, old Palma, Guido, Julio Re- 

 maw, Domimchino, Parmegiam, Poufin^ and Claud 

 luoraine, may be ftudied in the fmall coile^lion 

 of their works exhibited here, much better thaii 

 in many more numerous ones. 



Mr. Duncombe'i ornamented grounds are, in 

 their ftile, as curious as his paintings ; and can- 

 not be viewed without yielding a mofl exquiiite 

 enjoyment. 



The garden adjoining the houfe backs a terrafs, 

 from which the landfcapes are much eafier 

 imagined from a few touches, than defcribed in 

 many words. At one end of it, is an ionic 

 temple, commanding a noble variety of profpecl 

 and landfcape : The former is feen to the left 

 pifturefquely broken by large trees near the 

 temple itfelf : A little to the right of that a vafl 

 extent of country ; then you look down upon a 

 valley, winding at the bottom of a noble amphi- 

 theatre of hanging woods, and at the other end 

 of the terrafs, a tufcan collonade temple. The 

 oppofite woods which fpread over a fine extent 

 of hill, fringe the very fhore of a beautiful river, 

 which winds through the valley, and forms, 

 almoft in the center of it, a confiderable cafcade. 

 Nothing can be more truly beautiful than the 

 bird's eye aflemblage of objedls, which are fcen 

 from hence. The valley is interfeifled by 

 hedges, which form inclofures of grafs •, the 



meanders 



