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Notes and Hejlections during a Tour 



a more striking example, in all France, of the gentleman and 

 the man of science being united with the tradesman than in 

 M. Soulange Bodin; nor a villa in which more industry and 

 activity goes hand in hand with picturesque beauty. There 

 is nothing of the kind that we know of in England ; nor can 

 there be in the present state of things. It is, perhaps, one 

 of the finest moral features in France, that most gentlemen 

 are either manufacturers, tradesmen, or farmers ; and that 

 nearly all of the persons practising these professions are, in 

 education and manners, gentlemen. 



The Villa of Admiral Tchitcliagoff^ at Sceaux {Jig. 29.) 

 contains 15 or 20 acres, on a nearly flat surface; but it has 

 been laid out with extraordinary care by the proprietor, 

 aided by the constant advice of Mr. Blaikie. The object is, 

 to compress as many as possible of those beauties of which 

 a pleasure-ground is susceptible into a small space. The 

 references to the plan will show how this has been done. 



