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the woods into a ravine by the side of the brook and by an arched 

 passage under the carriage road to the lawn-like open ground north 

 of the lookout hill; then again through the woods till it meets the 

 line, already described, which leads to the music concourse. 



The second walk that starts from the main entrance passes in a 

 rather more westerly direction. It has the same general tendency 

 as the walks above mentioned, and leads both to the look-out and 

 to the music concourse. 



A walk extends all around the lake and around the green, and a 

 system of walks is introduced to connect the music concourse and 

 the look-out with the refectory ; but it is not necessary to describe 

 all these walks in detail. 



From the principal entrance at the junction of Flatbush and Ninth 

 avenues, from the entrance at the corner of Fifteenth street and 

 Ninth avenue, from the foot entrance at the junction of Sixteenth 

 street and the Coney Island road, and from the entrance from Flat- 

 bush avenue, near the Willink property, it is proposed to have 

 walks, leading to the principal points of interest, that will not be 

 interfered with by the carriage road. From the other two en- 

 trances, surface cross-walks are proposed, as it would be difficult, on 

 account of the embankment that will be necessary to retain the 

 waters of the lake, to adopt the plan used elsewhere. 



Outside the exterior drives and walks, such extent of ground only 

 is needed as is necessary to enable us, by planting and otherwise, to 

 shut out of view that which would be inharmonious with and coun- 

 teractive to our design. This extent we find in all cases, without 

 carrying the boundary beyond the nearest street line, as laid down 

 on the city map, and except at the two points where the ground, 

 which might otherwise seem to be more than is required to enable 

 us to plant out the boundary, is occupied by the zoological grounds 

 and the deer paddock before described, it will be found that the 

 amount of ground taken into the park, beyond what is absolutely 

 necessary for this purpose, is nowhere equal to the depth of an ordi- 

 nary lot. Practically there will not be a foot of ground within the 

 boundary the use of which will not add to the interest of the park 

 and its value to the citizens. At one point, the boundary is kept a 

 long distance within the nearest street line. This is where the or- 



