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I have seldom (till very lately) had suf- 

 fieient influence to correct this common 



error. 



N'' 3. 



" An approach which does not evi- 

 dently lead to the house, or which does 

 not apparently take the shortest course, 

 cannot he right. 



N° 4. 



" A poor man's cottage, divided into 

 what is called a pair of lodges, is a mis- 

 taken expedient to mark importance in 

 the entrance to a park. 



N° 5. 

 " The entrance gate, which marks the 

 houndary of a place, should not be visi- 

 ble from the mansion, unless it opens into 

 a court yard : nor indeed should it be too 

 conspicuous from the interior of a park, 

 for the same reason that the pale is usually 

 concealed. 



** The plantation surrounding a place, 

 called a Belt, I have never advised; nor 

 have I ever willingly marked a drive, or 

 walk, completely round the verge of a 



