192 Approach to Lord Farnham's. 



prepossessing than the appearance of happiness 

 widely diffused around the seat of opulence 

 and grandeur ; it predisposes the mind to 

 regard every thing in the most favorable point 

 of view, and to pay homage, by anticipation, 

 to those perfections of our nature that command 

 respect and ensure esteem. 



The house is a large modern building, in 

 which comfort and utility have been studied 

 more than external magnificence ; it stands 

 high, and commands at a distance an interesting 

 view of the varied line of summit, which is 

 singularly beautiful. The rich though soft 

 features of the landscape immediately sur- 

 rounding the house, are of a completely op- 

 posite character to the distant prospect from 

 the higher grounds ; where a bold Alpine chain 

 terminates the view, in which beauty and 

 grandeur conspire to make it impressive. Two 

 most picturesque sheets of water, with bold, 

 wooded banks, contribute their ornamental 

 effect to this romantic combination of scenery. 

 In the midst of the profuse variety of character 

 of which Farnham has to boast, it is extremely 

 pleasing at every step to observe, that art is 

 every were judiciously made subservient to 

 nature. The various roads through this domain 

 are kept in perfect order, and afford a plcasur- 



