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an extensive place, full of picturesque 

 scenery; but where no art had been em- 

 ployed, though some judicious alterations 

 and communications were wanting : he of 

 course would not like to refuse such an en- 

 gagement ; and yet, if he were a conscien- 

 tious man, he ought to tell his employer, 

 " all this is out of my line, if you intend to 

 preserve the present wild style of scenery, 

 for I have nothing to do with the pictu- 

 resque. If you would like to have every 

 thing smoothed and polished, those irregu- 

 lar trees and thickets made into clumps, 

 the grounds surrounded by a belt, and a 

 gravel walk carried regularly round the 

 whole, I can do it for you according to the 

 most approved method ; but as to that rude 

 water-fall, those rocks, the manner of ap- 

 proaching them, and the sort of wild path 

 which you wish to make amidst their intri- 

 cacies, I really can give you no advice 

 whatever : they are grand, as well as pictu- 

 resque, and we confine ourselves entirely 

 to the beautiful. " 



" Of which," said Mr. Howard, " the 

 scene before us, is a complete specimen." 



