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the house. In this extensive view, no gentleman's house is to be 

 seen, no church, and scarcely a farm-house or cottage, so com- 

 pletely are almost all the objects of art concealed by the hedge- 

 row trees. In winter, after the leaves drop, are to be seen some 

 human dwellings, and two or three churches. 



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Penskurst Entrance Lodge and Gate.'] 



The gate fastening at the Penshurst Lodge (y%-.80.) is somewhat 

 peculiar in construction; but, by those familiar with different ki nds 

 of gate fastenings, it will readily be 

 understood From Jig. 81., in which a 

 is a side view, and b a transverse 

 section. The upright latch c is 

 held in the catch by a spring, so 

 that it cannot easily be shaken out 

 by the rubbing of cattle, or the 

 shaking of boys, or idle persons; 

 while it can be easily opened by a 

 person on horseback, placing the 

 end of his whip or stick in the 

 hollow thumbpiece(c?), which, acting 

 as a lever on the upright piece, e, 

 pulls back c, and compresses the 

 spring, by which the gate is readily 

 opened. 



From the planyfg. 76., as compared with that shown hi Jig. 75., 

 it will be seen that the corn field q, in the latter figure, is planted 

 and the coppice-wood at r removed ; but the most important 

 features of improvement are, the widening of the river at s, and the 

 altering of its bed at t, as indicated by the dotted lines in^»-. 75. 



Fig. 82. shows a plan of the lawn and flower-gardens at Red- 

 leaf, on a larger scale. 



