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in this Diftribution, than in any other ; and there 
our Copies. Every Thing we fee fhould be 
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regular ; all was done by Rule and Line, and 
this gave their Works that Formality our better 
Tafte deteits. . 
Let us again refer for the Rule of our Con- 
duct to Nature, fhe is never fo charming as 
where wildeft. There is an eafy Freedom, and 
a pleafing Negligence in her Difpofition which 
charms, becaufe it is not regular. There is a 
Stiffnefs in this Work by Rule, which is always 
difpleafing to a delicate Eye; a Garden is to be 
a fine Field, and we muft not permit too much 
Symmetry, where we have obferved that Freedom 
is the greateft Grace, 
If any fuppofe by this that an artlefs Diftri- 
bution of the Ground is what we direét, or what 
they admire in thofe Gardens which ftand recom- 
mended by this true Tafte, they err extreamly. 
It is an Air of Irregularity we advife, not Irre- 
gularity itfelf,; there requires more Art by far 
him exceed the ufual Proportion. 
of Littlenefs, and thefe are the two wortt Ideas 
_we can conceive in a Garden; to be fhut up in, 
a Garden is to return to the four Walls of our 
Anceftors. | 
The Purpofe of the Thing is fubverted by 
this: to breathe the free Air, to walk at Eafe, 
and to be entertained with prefent Beauties, and 
remote Profpects ;° thefe are the Purpofes of 4 
Garden, and thefe depend in a great meafure 
upon the Breadth of the Walks. Their Form 
may be various, the ftrait and ferpentine are 
both in their Way agreeable, but it is an effen: 
tial Point in both to have Extent; | 
The. Trees which terminate their Sides, mutt 
no more crowd upon the Walk than upon one 
another: the free Growth and the Beauty of the 
Place depend equally upon Diftance. A narrow 
‘Walk terminated by two clipped Hedges was once 
a Favourite Tafte, but it is juftly now excluded: 
a Wall is as good a Boundary, and fuch a Walk 
is but a Street out of Town. 
Shade muft be had in Gardens, aid this thé 
Trees left to Nature afford freely; nor is it 
: -neceflary where the Walks are thus planted, to 
chofen for its Place, though it feem the Refult | run into damp Groves; or weary the Steps in 
of Accident; there fhould be Order in every | narrow Serpentines, to efcape the Sun. 
Place, though under the Afpect of wild Free- The Frefhnefs of the Verdure is another Ar- 
dom, and a certain Harmony where there is the | ticle of vaft Importance in Gardens; and this, 
Afpect of Confufion. | | as well as the reft, will depend in a great mea- 
When the Places for Thickets, Clumps, and | fire upon that Space of Walks and Opennefs 
Groves, are by the firft Rule chofen, where there | we advife in all Parts: without free Air no- 
is fomething to be hid; and, according to the | thing can thrive, not even the low Grafs of the 
prefent DireCtion, marked out with an Air of native | Walks. A few broad Walks are preferable to a 
Wildnefs, the Walks are to be fo difpofed, that | great Number of narrow ones: in a Thing in- 
requires afterwards the great additional Labour of 
concealing its See fete te 2 
_ The Chinefe, whom we adimite, have fallen too 
much into this abfolute Wildnefs; ‘and this fhould 
be the Difference between their Originals, and 
they add to the Profpects, that they differ from | tended to be oreat, all the Parts fhould be ereat ; 
one another, and yet that there be an univerfal | and if the Points and Objeéts be all brought into 
Proportion. Their Length is determined by the | View, and there be that Diverfity of Form in. 
Quantity of the Ground, but their Breadth is at Walks which we have mentioned, their Number 
the Pleafure of the Defigner, and in this let | ought never to come into Confideration. 
TER the Confideration of Walks, comes | Part of the Ground be Profpects that are agree- 
properly that of Terraces; for though in- | able; but here the View is of a whole Coun- 
tended for the fame Purpofe, they do not come try. 
under that Denomination : their Charaéter is their The firft Choice is, that they be made in a 
Height ; and their fingular Advantage is in raifing | p] . 
the Eye above the ordinary Level, and opening 
to it a new Scene. | 
ace where the View is extenfive, and _pleafe- 
ing. We have feen the Tafte for Terraces car- 
ried fo far, that they have. been made all round 
_ Throughout a Garden defigned with this Tafte, | a Garden: in this cafe they are as abfolute 
the Air will be clear and pure; but'on this ele- | Walls, as if they had. been built of Brick, and 
vated Walk it will be finer than any where, | they confine and choak every Thing within. 
becaufe it is more open: there will from every | There is feldom Opportunity for more than 
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