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obtruding upon his fight. If the ground they have to 

 work upon be fmall, and that they choofe to exhibit a 

 grand fcene, either from the principal habitation, or any 

 other capital point, they do indeed leave a great part of 

 the fpace open ; but ftill care is taken to have a good 

 depth of thicket, which frequently breaks confiderably 

 in upon the open fpace, and hides many parts of it from 

 the fpectator's eye. 



Thefe projections produce variety, by altering the ap- 

 parent figure of the open fpace from every point of 

 view; and by conftantly hiding parts of it, they create 

 a myftery which excites the traveller's curiofity: they 

 likewife occafion, in many places, a great depth in 

 the thicket, to make receffes for buildings, feats, and 

 other objects, as well as for bold windings of the prin- 

 cipal walks, and for feveral fmaller paths to branch off 

 from the principal ones ; all which take off the idea of 

 a boundary, and afford amufement to the paffenger in 

 his courfe : and as it is not eafy to purfue all the turns 

 of the different lateral paths, there is ftill fomething 



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