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not easy to carry on th.e- imposition. If the house 

 be magnificent, it seldom receives mucli benefit 

 from an artificial production of tbis kind. 

 ■ Grandeur is rarely produced. 



' Seldom art 

 Can emulate that magnitude sublime, 

 "Which, spreads the native lake ; and, failing there, 

 Her works betray their character and name, 

 And dwindle into pools.' 



The most natural inhabitants of parks are 

 fallow deer, and very beautiful they are ; but 

 flocks of sheep and herds of cattle are more 

 useful, and, in my opinion, more beautiful. 

 Sheep particularly are very ornamental in a park. 

 Their colour is just that dingy hue which con- 

 trasts with the verdure of the ground, and the 

 flakiness of their wool is rich and picturesque. 

 I should wish them, however, to wear their 

 natural livery ; not patched with letters, nor 

 daubed with red ochre. To see the side of a 

 hill spread with groups of sheep — or to see them 

 through openings among the boles of trees, at a 

 little distance, with a gleam of light falling upon 

 them, is very picturesque. 



