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ties, even though the ground near the 

 house should be flat, we may boldly ven- 

 ture to create an artificial knoll, as it has 

 been executed at Welbeck." 



Water, 



On high 

 Ground. 



There is something so fascinating in 

 the appearance of water, that Mr. Brown 

 thought it carried its own excuse, how- 

 ever unnatural its situation ; and there- 

 fore in many places under his direction 

 I have found water on the tops of hills, 

 which I have been obliged to remove into 

 lower ground, because the deception was 

 not sufficiently complete to satisfy the 

 mind as well as the eye. 



A common observer supposes that 

 water is usually found, and therefore 

 most natural, in the lowest ground; but 



X A similar treatment was attempted atWoburn: 

 bat as the situations and character of the buildings are 

 totally opposite, I have been obliged to remove the 

 earth from the soutli front of that magnificent palace, 

 and restore it to its natural shape, reserving only 80 

 much as forms an artificial terrace. 



