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L E T T E R XXII. 



'HpHE foil about Hagley is various; light 

 ■*• loams, (and, and cold flifF fpungy 

 clays. The average rent is about 20 j. an 

 acre : There is fome arable that letts at 

 30J - . and fome meadows fo high as 3/. 

 Farms from 50/. to 200/. a year. 



fpot, which Mr. Bodjley calls a cavity in a fmall 

 thicket filled with trees, the ferpentine Itream has 

 a better effect. 



After this, we next meet with a green bench 

 with this infeription : 



" While Nature here 



" Wantons as in her prime, and plays at will 



" Her virgin fancies." 

 It is well placed, commanding a fweet variety of 

 wood, water, and waves of cultivated inclofures. 



The walk and feat marked 



Divini Gloria Ruris ! 

 in Mr. Dodjley, is no where to be found. 



The view from Thomfon's feat is exquifite and 

 inimitable ; fweetly varied ; the water admirably 

 managed : In a word, it is a little fcene of en- 

 chantment. 



From Hales Owen we took the road to Hagley, 

 the feat of Lord Littleton. The houfe is an ex- 

 cellent living one \ a well-defigned mean between 

 the vaft piles raifed for magnificence, and thofe 

 fmaller ones, in which convenience is alone con- 

 fidered. 



The Hall is thirty feet fquare : It is ornament- 

 ed with Statues of Venus de Medicis, Bacchus, 



