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dam ( fig. 99. a.), ah excellent waterfall or cascade might be formed, and a 

 forcing pump, on the plan of that of Ham near Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, 



{See Mech.Mag. Vol. IV.) might raise water to the house and flower-garden. 

 The former is at present supplied by a forcing pump, from a very deep 

 well, with considerable manual labour. The valley in which this piece of 

 water lies abounds in bog earth, and being sheltered, is admirably adapted 

 for American shrubs. In short, Lyne Grove might be made a most beauti- 

 ful residence; and with little pecuniary loss, as the greater part of the soil 

 is too poor to pay for being kept in a state of aration. It is at present 

 occupied by W. A. Manning, Esquire, a gentleman of elegant taste, and 

 much attached to rural life and agriculture. 



Fan Grove, Sir Herbert Taylor, May 12. 1826. A. small place formed on 

 an elevated situation on thin gravelly soil, lately covered with heath. No 

 expense has been spared in forming walks and planting trees and shrubs, 

 and the result is as good as the place admits of; but as there is no striking 

 natural feature, unless we except one, viz., a hill, well adapted for a pros- 

 pect tower, the general effect is not interesting. In this respect Lyne 

 Grove is exactly the opposite of Fan Grove: in the former, the situation 

 for a house is decidedly indicated by nature, or, which is nearly the same 

 thing, the house, plantations, and water, are so placed as to convey that 

 idea; in the latter there seems no particular reason why the house is 

 placed where it is : as far as a stranger can see, it might have been placed 

 either to the right or to the left, or higher, or lower, and still have ap- 

 peared the same sort of thing ; but looking from a distance at Lyne Grove, 

 the house appears exactly where it ought to be, and could not be moved 

 either to the right or left, backwards or forwards, without deranging the 



