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subscribed, and from M'liich it will easily 

 be ascertained how much of what is called 

 the improvement ofany place may properly 

 be attributed to my advice. It is rather 

 upon my opinions in Meriting-, than on the 

 partial and imperfect manner in which 

 my plans have sometimes been executed, 

 that I wish my Fame to be established. 



Objection, No 1. 



" There is no error more prevalent in 

 modern gardening, or more frequently 

 carried to excess, than taking away hedges 

 to unite many small fields into one exten- 

 sive and naked lawn, before plantations 

 are made to give it the appearance of a 

 park ; and where ground is subdivided by 

 sunk fences, imaginary freedom is dearly 

 purchased at the expence of actual con- 

 finement. 



N°2. 



'* The baldness and nakedness round 

 a house is part of the same mistaken sys- 

 tem, of concealing fences to gain extent. 

 A palace, or even an elegant villa, in a 

 grass field, appears to me incongruous; yet 



