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case be admitted. In the most polished land- 

 scape, unless Nature and simplicity lead tlie way, 

 the whole will be deformed. 



As a contrast to parks thus laid out in the 

 simplicity of Nature, let us just throw our eyes 

 over a park laid out with the formality of art. 

 The comparison will not injure the principles we 

 establish. 



' From Yauvrey. recrossing the Seine, we 

 came to Muids. This chateau stands on a rising 

 ground on the north side of it, and commands a 

 fine prospect, having two long avenues of trees 

 running down to the river. Adjoining to the house 

 are pleasure gardens and a paddock, planted with 

 timber trees in form of a star.' * 



* Sec Ducari'd's Norman Antiq., p. 42. 



