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greater than what would be produced by the rent of the house 

 and pasture land, and the sums which would be received from 

 visiting parties coming from a distance. If the purchase of 

 the whole estate, which includes above 1300 acres, cost 

 90,000/., a thousand acres might, perhaps, be sold off in 

 small lots, so as to leave the 300 acres as profit : in that case, 

 the rent would be easy. 



I7i one of the Churcliyards at Heading we observed very 

 handsome and economical tombs. A space 10 ft. or 12 ft. deep 

 is enclosed by a wall, so as to leave the interior of the size of a 

 large cofiin. This wall is carried up to the surface, where it is 

 finished with a corniced coping one foot high of hewn stone. 

 On this coping is placed a cover of one block of stone, with 

 mouldings worked on it, so as to give it the appearance of the 

 top of a sarcophagus. This cover is put on with mortar, so as 

 to be air-tight, and is removed when interments are to take 

 place. In this way, a family vault of almost indefinite capacity 

 occupies very small space : but we do not recommend it ; as 

 the idea of piling one coffin on another is offensive, and every 

 time the cover is removed there must be danger from pesti- 

 lential effluvia. There is no mode of burial, in our eyes, equal 

 to that of single graves in an open cemetery, field, or wood. 



Aug. 7. In proceeding along the Newbury road to Engle- 

 field House, we observed, on the left, the circular reservoir of 

 cast iron, which supplies great part of the town of Reading 

 with water. It is about 50 ft. in diameter, and about 12 ft. 

 high (we speak from a casual view), and is placed on a base of 

 brickwork about 3 ft. high. If the latter had been higher and 

 more architectural, and if the upper part of the cast-iron rim 

 had been also architectural, and the surrounding fences re- 

 moved, so as to leave this structure in an open area, it would 

 have formed a noble public ornament. 



Coley Park, the Seat ofB. Monk, Esq., has a promising en- 

 trance ; and, though the grounds are flat, the place looks well 

 from the road. 



Prospect Hill, Stephens, Esq., is finely situated on the 



side of a hill, backed and flanked by rising woods. All that 

 it requires is that finishing to the lawn which can be only 

 given by the exercise of ornamental gardening : that is, the 

 judicious disposal of groups and baskets of flowers, and vases 

 and other architectural ornaments. A terrace, as abasement 

 to the house, would also be a great improvement. Some 

 young plantations by the road side are judiciously thmned, so 

 as to allow the trees to be clothed with branches from the 

 ground upwards ; a circumstance rarely to be met with in any 

 other part of this country. A narrow belt becomes thus pro- 



