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form a complete box. In the sides are two very small circular 

 panes of glass, serving as spy holes. The machine is worthy 

 the attention of other rural artists. In Mr. Browne's work, he 

 considers Stonehenge to be erected before the flood, and Abury, 

 a similar monument, to have been cohstructed under the direction 

 of Adam, after he was driven out of Paradise, as a " remembrance 

 of his great and sore experience in the existence of evil." 



Wilton. — There is a great taste for floriculture in this ancient 

 little borough town, and the mayor, Mr. Blackmoor, is the Se- 

 cretary to the Salisbury, Devizes, and several other Horticultural 

 Societies. We were much gratified with the conversation of this 

 gentleman, who is not only an enthusiastic horticulturist, but a man 

 of general good taste. Mr. Flooks introduced us to several of the 

 inhabitants of Wilton, who had neat gardens, and we found that 

 pinks and carnations were their favourite articles of culture. The 

 garden of Mr. Hetley deserves notice for a sunk flower-garden, 

 surrounded by a turf terrace, the object of which is to prevent 

 the interruption by the flowers of the views from the windows. 

 The descent to the flower-beds is by steps of turf, such as Mr. 

 Flooks has introduced in his own garden, and also in the new 

 architectural flower-garden at Longford Castle. The other 

 parts of the grounds here have some beauties, and many faults, 

 the chief of which is formality. It would be an easy task to add 

 variety and intricacy, and we shall, perhaps, show how this might 

 be done on some future occasion. 



The garden of Mrs. • is remarkable for a fine straight 



canal of running water which passes through it, the sides of 

 which are formed of oak plank ; the surface of the adjoining 

 ground is varied by flower-beds. The walks through the other 

 parts of the grounds are so contrived that, by walking over them 

 certain numbers of times, the extent is a mile, half a mile, or 

 a quarter of a mile ; and against a wall, an iron strap is fixed, 

 pierced with holes, beside which is a pin suspended by a small 

 chain ; so that the pedestrian, by moving the pin from one hole 

 to another every time he passes by, knows exactly the extent 

 of the walk he has been taking. Some years ago, when in very 

 bad health, we used to do the same thing at Bayswater, but in a 

 much smaller garden. Such exercise is by no means so beneficial 

 as that in which the mind is engaged as well as the body ; for ex- 

 ample, in walking along a public road, or through a town, or, 

 best of all, digging, hoeing, or watering in a garden. 



Wilto7i House ; Earl of Pembroke. — l^art of this building has 

 been changed to the Gothic style, under the direction of the 

 late James Wyatt. There is an entrance porch for carriages to 

 drive under; in all cases a source of great comfort. Through a 

 lobby we proceed to an entrance hall open to the roof, like 

 that at Fonthill, at the end of which there is a flight of five or six 



