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shape of the ground near most houses, 



there is another material use in ],iaving 



Cattle act as cattlc to feed the lawn in view of the 



a Scale. 



windows/ The eye forms a very inaccu- 

 rate judgment of extent, especially in 

 looking down a hill, unless there he some 

 standard by which it can be measured; 

 bushes and trees are of such various sizes, 

 that it is impossible to use them as a mea- 

 sure of distance; but the size of a horse, 

 a sheep, or a cow, varies so little, and is 

 so familiar to us, that we immediately 

 judge of their distance from their appa- 

 rent diminution, according to the dis- 

 tance at which they are placed; and as 

 they occasionally change their situation, 



* It has been objected to the shdes with which I 

 elucidate my proposed alterations, that I generally in- 

 troduce, in the improved view, boats on the water, and 

 cattle on the lawns. To this I answer, that both are 

 real objects of improvement, and give animation to the 

 scene ; indeed it cannot be too often inculcated, that a 

 large lake without boats is a dreary waste of water, and 

 a large lawn without cattle is one of the melancholy 

 appendages of solitary grandeur obsei-vable in the plea- 

 sure-grounds of the past century, and totally incompa- 

 tible with what may be called park scenery. 



