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tion. Or it stands well on the side of a A^alley, 

 wliicli winds along its front, and is adorned Avitli 

 wood, or a natural stream hiding and discovering 

 itself among the trees at the bottom. Or it 

 stands with dignity, as Longleat does, in the 

 centre of demesnes, which shelve gently down to 

 it on every side. Even on a dead flat I have seen 

 a house draw beauties around it. At the seat of 

 the late Mr. Bilson Legge (now Lord Stawel's), 

 in the middle of Holt Forest, a lawn, unvaried by 

 a single swell, is yet varied with clumps of dif- 

 ferent forms, receding behind each other in so 

 pleasing a manner as to make an agreeable scene. 

 By these observations I mean only to show, 

 that, in whatever part of a park a house may have 

 been originally placed, it can hardly have been 

 placed so awkwardly but that, in some way or 

 other, the scenery may be happily adapted to it. 

 There are some situations, indeed, so very un- 

 toward that scarce any remedy can be applied ; 

 as when the front of a house immediately urges 

 on a rising ground. But such awkward situa- 

 tions are rare, and, in general, the variety in 

 landscape is such that it may almost always 



