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Notes and Reflections during a Tour : — 



attention to the mansion 

 (c); to the ruins of the 

 castle of Epinal, on the 

 highest part of the rock 

 {(J); to a large piece of 

 water, formed adjoining 

 what was formerly the 

 moat of the castle, and 

 including the moat {e) 

 (this water, brought by 

 pipes from a spring on a 

 mountain some miles dis- 

 tant, can be rendered avail- 

 able to M. Doublat's house, 

 and to the whole of the 

 town of Epinal, at a mo- 

 ment's notice, in case of 

 fire) ; to a succession of 

 terraced walls planted with 

 fruit trees and vines [J") ; 

 to the terraced kitchen-gar- 

 den [g) ; to the dairy, cow- 

 houses and poultry yard, 

 placed in the ravine, for- 

 merly a dry ditch for the 

 defence of the castle (Ji) ; 

 and finally, to the general 

 variety in the direction of 

 the walks and roads. In 

 one part of the grounds, 

 it will be observed that 

 g they are intersected by a 

 ° public road (2) ; but the 

 ^ grand drive, which diplays 

 all the main features of 

 the place (Jc), passes over 

 this road on a bridge [I). 

 On tracinsj this drive in 

 the figure, it will be found 

 very ingeniously contrived 

 for going and returning 

 over the same bridges ; 

 and also for combining the 

 greatest length with the 

 greatest variety of line. 



The most striking Feature, 

 however, of the grounds at 



