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To admit of this, and at the same time maintain anything of a 

 rural, natural, tranquilizhig and poetic character, in the scenery, the 

 driving room, riding room, walking room, sitting room, skating, sail- 

 ing and playing room, must be not only liberally designed, but must 

 be studied and adapted to all the natural circumstances of the site 

 with the greatest care. 



HOW THE OBJECTS OF A PARK ARE TO BE ATTAINED. 



To illustrate the practical application of these views, we will take 

 one of the many classes of arrangements for the accommodation of 

 the movements of the public through a park ; the drive, or carriage 

 way, and consider what is required in it. 



A drive must be so prepared that those using it shall be called 

 upon for the least possible exercise of judgment as to the course to 

 be pursued, the least possible anxiety or exercise of skill in regard 

 to collisions or interruptions with reference to objects animate or 

 inanimate, and that they shall, as far as possible, be free from the 

 disturbance of noise and jar. 



To secure these negative qualities, the course of the road must be 

 simple ; abrupt turns must be avoided, steep grades that would task 

 the horses or suggest that idea must not be encountered. The possi- 

 bility of the road becoming miry must be securely guarded against; 

 its surface must also be smooth and be composed of compact material. 



These being the first and essential engineering considerations, it 

 is necessary, secondly, that they should be secured in a manner 

 which shall be compatible with the presentation of that which is 

 agreeable to the eye in the surrounding circumstances ; that is to 

 say, the drive must either run through beautiful scenery already 

 existing or to be formed, auxl for this purpose it may be desirable at 

 any point to deviate from the line which an engineer would be 

 bound to choose as that which would best meet the first class of 

 requirements. It must also be remembered that although the drive 

 can hardly be expected in itself to add to the beauty of the scenery, 

 it must always be more or less in view as part of it, and it should 

 therefore be artistically designed so as to interfere as little as possi- 

 ble with the views, and to present at all points agreeable and har- 

 monious lines to the eye. Moreover, as it is desirable that at some 

 point in the course of a drive through every park, there shoidd be 

 an opportunity for those in carriages to see others and be seen by 

 others, some portion of the ground, which by development of natural 

 suggestions cannot be readily made very attractive to the eye, should 

 be chosen for that purpose. And here it will be proper that the 

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