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the top of it, as they have stood in all probability for 

 some hundreds of years. Here are peacocks, bears, 

 deer, and every animal, in short, that could come out of 

 a book of fairy tales to enchant the eyes of childhood. 

 Midway down the garden, the hedge for some six feet 



Fig. 76. 



or so in length is cut low, and is only about four feet high. 

 Thus one can see over it into bright gardens full of 

 flowers lying on either side of this peaceful retreat, where 

 the different greens of yew and grass are the only 

 contrasts (Fig. 76). 



Large trees are not healthy near a house, and they 



