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if the road be broader, we should naturally wish to make 

 the curve bolder by breaking from it, according to the 

 dotted line from a to b in the diagram [Fig. 19]. 



When two walks separate from each other, it is always 

 desirable to have them diverge in different directions, 

 as at a [in Fig. 20], rather than give the idea of reunit- 

 ing, as at B. 



Fig. 20. 



Where two walks join each other, it is generally bet- 

 ter that they should meet at right angles, as at c, than 

 to leave the sharp point, as in the acute angle at d. 



The most natural course for a road or walk is along 

 the banks of a lake or river, yet I have occasionally 

 observed great beauty in the separation of these two 

 lines ; as where the water sweeps to the left, and the 

 road to the right, or vice versa. The true effect of this 

 circumstance I have often attempted to represent on 

 paper, but it is one of the many instances in which the 

 reality and the picture excite different sensations. 



This chapter might have included every necessary 

 remark relative to fences, whether attached to parks or 

 farms ; but as I wish to enlarge upon the distinction 

 between the improvements designed for ornament and 

 those for profit or gain, I shall endeavour to explain 

 these different objects, as they appear to me opposite 

 in their views and distinct in their characteristics. Both 

 are, indeed, subjects of cultivation ; but the cultivation 

 in the one is husbandry, and in the other decoration. 



