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thods were to be tried, but whatever might 

 follow, destruction must precede. 



I remember, that even this garden (so 

 infinitely inferior to those of Italy) had an 

 air of decoration and of gaiety, arising from 

 that decoration.; nn air pari, a distinction 

 from mere uriembellished nature, which, 

 whatever the advocates for extreme sim^ 

 plicitj may allege, is surely essential to an 

 ornamented garden : all the beauties of un- 

 dulating ground, of shrubs, and of verdure, 

 are to be found in places where no art has 

 ever been employed, and consequently can- 

 not bestow a distinction which they do not 

 possess : for, as I have before remarked,'* 

 they must themselves in some respects be 

 considered as unembellished nature. 



Among other circumstances, I have a 

 strong recollection of a raised terrace, seen 

 sideways from that in front of the house, in 

 the middle of which was a flight of steps 

 with iron rails, and an arched recess below 

 it, backed by a wood : these steps con? 



f Letter to Mr. Repton, p. 9 b 1st edit.-— 102, 2d edit. 



