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in a westerly direction, till it approaches the proposed Coney Island 

 road boundary. It then curves to the northward, still following the 

 shore of the lake, until it reaches the west side of the lookout hill. 

 Although there is nothing interesting in the natural scenery of this 

 stretch, the bank of the lake will be made so artificially, and there 

 will be very agreeable views across the water, the north shore being 

 the most picturesque part of the park. This is intended to be used 

 more particularly as the promenade or common course of the park. 

 The drive is consequently laid out of unusual width, and the bridle 

 road, together with a broad walk, is carried in close connection 

 with it. 



The western foot of the look-out hill is one of the most important 

 points on the whole line of drive. It is very desirable that the road 

 should retain its circuit character, and continue on in a northerly 

 direction when the hill is reached, as the whole lake has by this 

 time been seen, the social or gregarious disposition is supposed to 

 have been satisfied, and a considerable change is therefore need- 

 ed in the landscape effect. The way in which we propose that this 

 shall be managed will be readily understood by an examination of 

 the plan ; and, although the contour lines of the strip of ground 

 proposed to be added in this immediate neighborhood will need to 

 be somewhat modified, the object in view is really so essential to the 

 development of the whole design, that its successful accomplishment 

 will justify any reasonable expenditure that it may be necessary to 

 incur for the sake of securino; it. The main drive continues, there- 

 fore, in a westerly direction, leaving the Friends' Hill to the north- 

 ward, and afterwards opening directly upon and keeping in view the 

 most purely rural, and at the same time the most expanded and 

 extended, view within the park. On approaching the Ninth avenue 

 boundary, it curves to the east round the green, enters the western 

 woods, divides again into two branches, and, after reuniting, passes 

 on for some distance, still in the midst of groves, until, after passing 

 along the side of the meadow stretch that was viewed in the direc- 

 tion of its length, at the commencement of the drive, it reaches the 

 starting point near the main entrance. 



In addition to the circuit drive thus described, a cross road is 

 introduced about the middle of the park, from which will be 

 obtained a fine open out-look towards the country beyond the 

 southern boundary. A loop from this interior road leads to the 

 refectory and across a bridge, over an arm of the lake, to a car- 



