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LETTER XV. 



"^HE Earl of Darlington'* s hufbandiy 

 at Ral?y Cajile *, calls for the moft 

 accurate attention. 



His experiments and improvements are 

 of an important kind, very applicable to 

 common management, and confequently of 

 certain utility ; but firft, as a proof that 



* Raby Cajile is fituated in the midft of 

 a mofl extenfive territory, which gives his Lord- 

 {hip a very fine command around him. The 

 caftle is a noble mafiy building of its kind, unin- 

 jured by any modern ftrokes inconfiilent with the 

 general tafte of the edifice ; but, fimply magni- 

 ficent, it (Irikes by its magnitude, and that idea 

 of ftrength and command one naturally annexes 

 to the view of vaft walls, lofty towers, battle- 

 ments, and the furrounding outworks of an old 

 baron's refidence. The building itfelf (befides 

 the courts) covers an acre of land ; the fize may 

 from thence be concluded. The fouth front is 

 very beautiful, the center of it is from a defign 

 of Inigo 'Jones •, nothing in the Godiic tafte can 

 be more elegant than the ftile and proportion of 

 the windows. 



The 



