546 On planting the Evergreen Oak near the Coast. 



ficial, which brings him up to the entrance of the building, 

 within which he will find a suite of apartments containing 

 numerous relics of antiquity, and a chapel fitted up in a neat 

 style of elegance, with a magnificent organ, all of which will 

 be found to far exceed his expectations. On reaching the 

 top of the tower, an immense prospect opens to view, and is 

 perhaps as striking as any that can appear to " mortal eye.*' 

 " The immense extent of sea," says Dr. Maton, " raises the 

 most sublime emotions : the waves of the British, Irish, and 

 Atlantic seas all roll within compass of the sight," while the 

 eye is released from the uniform, though imposing, grandeur 

 of so boundless an horizon, by wandering on the north and 

 west over a landscape which Claude himself might have 

 transfused on his canvass. At the base, on the northern 

 side, is a small town, which comprises about 250 inhabitants ; 

 and also a commodious pier, which will contain upwards of 

 fifty sail of small vessels. On the south side, fully exposed 

 to the wide expanse of the ocean, is a small garden {fig. 123.), 



4 (?, Plantation of elm 



^^ ^ 1 trees, 



y . b. Plantation, consisting 



_J\ — of elms and tama- 



1 risks. 



I c. Rock. 



^^ I d. Brick wall. 



2 'S^^^ Ci ''> Strawberry garden. 



Q ATi 5^ /' Dwarfwall, not shown 



ff\ fi \^ i" t^'S elevation (fij^. 



J-^_Ji^-^ 122.), to avoid con- 



^ fusion. 



g. Flower-garden. 



^ ^^^ Wall and raiting. 



- i. Tool-house or sum- 

 mer-house. 

 k. Flower-garden. 



ioo£t. 



in three compartments, raised one above another ; above 

 which all is rock, and nearly perpendicular all the distance 

 up to the base of the buildings, through the interstices of 

 which the ivy is seen to make its way, covering in patches 

 a great part of it. In this garden several sorts of fruits 

 have been matured, such as the peach, nectarine, plum, 

 &c., with strawberries of the most delicious flavour ; and 

 there is now a myrtle tree in it of many years' standing. 

 Other half-tender exotics might, no doubt, be introduced 

 here with safety, particularly such as have no objection to 

 saline particles falling on them, as this must frequently occur 

 in stormy weather. On the western side the garden is pro- 

 tected by some stunted Dutch or cork-barked elms ( C/'lmus 

 suberosa); and on the east by a few elms and some fine 



