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“The gardens are extremely fine, and are formed with an agreeable wi —— and 
pleasing irregularity, that cannot fail to charm all who are in love with na and 
afford a much higher and more asting satisfaction than can possibly arise бош the 
шон extensive "йш" of a 
“ Оп entering these rural wal ‘ks ‚ you are conducted to the -— a neat but low 
brick building, to which there is an са t by a flight о re = =, the front is a 
handsome angular pediment. The s on his side are covered with stueco, and 
the house is furnished acy ett toa gene dairy, the ось Mot the milk being of 
the most beautiful china, 
“ Proceeding po i a _ ee trees you come to the temple, iue is situated 
оп amount. It is a cir crowned with a ball, and suppor жой Же ign 
columns, with a ts uis in "rei middle, кый: to which there is an assed very 
steép 8 slopes 
“ Returning Љу the pesi pap Apter y the gravel walk = leads from the 
palace to the river, you ood, which you ter by a walk terminated by 
the queen’s pavilion, a neat “кл structure, wherein is seen а pe chimney- 
тесе, tak га gn іп the addition to Palladis, and a model of а palace 
ed ed to be built in this place. In another part of this wood is the duke's 
mer- ач which is s а lofty arched потона and the roof rising to a point is 
terminat меп aS 
“ Fro a yk come to the summer-house on the көн, а тю small 
buildin i VER v мт large and lofty windows, to give a better view of the country, 
and particularly of that noble seat called Sion House » this edifice i two 
he 
* Passing through a labyrinth, you ond, "Merlin s eave, a Got 
building thatched; within which are the pa ede fares i in wax, Merli өй ап жы 
aa bern nter; the excellent and learned queen Elizabeth, and a en of the 
Amaz ere is also a eia ag co poet ofa well chosen кх. зүп of {be works 
of modern — neatly — vellum 
* On leaving t difice ich. has antique and venerable appearance, you 
come toa pes oval of above pem hundred d feet i in diameter, called the ip oval, 
ve rm uilding, 
and turning from he ou h iew of itage, a gro е А 
ch seems as if it tood many hundred years, tho i built er of 
late majesty. uh T arched e and the mid е. t i hich projects 
forward, is adorn ind of r s angular pedim the stones o 
whole edifice appear ya if fidely laid together and the ib, look of the whole 
is improved by the thiekness of the solemn grove behind, A the little turret on the 
top with a bell, to whieh you may ascend by a winding w 
The inside of this building is in the тж. of an enas E with м, inwhich 
are the busts of the following truly great men, who by their writings were an honour 
t 
. The first on the left hand is Mr. Woolaston, a Logs or of the Religion of 
Nature Displayed ; next to him is the reverend and learned Dr. Samuel Clarke, and 
in a kind of alcove is the e truly honourable "Mr. Robert Be oyle 
“From this seat of Bi шош ы you pass thro’ fields soe, m grass ; 
through corn fields d ground interspersed with b 
which RUNE excellent dle чя hares and pheasants, of which aye an are great 
abunda 
d hen id e beautiful variety, in Малы nature appears in all her forms of 
cultivation and barren ness, you e to an ns formed by young _ 
and a gi wilderness, through i iih you pass to the forest walk, that 
extend эрш half а mile, and then passing through a inal а аан you leave 
“ At rep Eu uen of the garden is another house that belonged to her 
majesty, and near ouse of his late M rM Highness Frederick prince of 
Wales, which is on үш ени Opposite this last house is the 
princess Amelia’s, built а а евіч иа. the ће outside of which is painted. 
* Forest walk” as shown on Rocque’s plan was an avenue 
of tres which ran from near the present Palace to Richmond Green, a 
distance of considerably more than a mile. The wilderness was called 
the “ Wilderness near серии E 
It appears from Walpole, quoted by Johnson (History of pupa 
кк, р. 262), that the "Вары Gardens were laid out by 
E the next fashionable designer of Gardens 
dona make every division tally to its opposite, ‘and d 
