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Notes and Rcfectiojis during a Tour : — ■ 



It presents a tolerably complete specimen of the ancient style, 

 but is much neglected. 



T/?e Park of M. Morel Vinde is delightfully situated on the 

 side of a hill ; and the chateau looks across a narrow park- 

 like valley, to a well-wooded hill, on which is seen a part of 

 the aqueduct of Marly. Looking from the house to the left, 

 the winding of the valley conceals its termination ; looking to 

 the right, the valley opens into a level country richly culti- 

 vated, with hills and the chateau of St. Germain in the 

 extreme distance. With every desirable feature for the exer- 

 cise of the natural style, this place was laid out, many years 

 ago, in the geometric manner ; and the natural lines of an 

 undulating surface, to a considerable extent from the house, 

 are changed into levels and regular slopes, or counteracted 

 by avenues, hedges, and straight canals. We do not know a 

 finer subject to work on in the English manner, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Paris. M. Morel Vinde is an excellent agri- 

 culturist, and the author of by far the best work on rural 

 architecture which has appeared in France. 



JTie Chateau de Neuviller {fig^ 31.) is situated on a com- 



manding situation in the valley of the Moselle, between Nancy 

 and Roville, and affords a specimen of a large French cha- 

 teau of the time of Louis XIV. This chateau stands on an 

 eminence, which protrudes boldly from the range of hills 

 which skirt the north side of the valley. The summit of this 

 eminence has been levelled, so as to form a platform of nearly 

 two acres. About half an acre is occupied with the chateau 

 and its different courts and offices, the remainder is laid out 

 as a geometrical garden. The entrance is through a short 



