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trees, are greatly to be wished for: and 

 should be preserved, if possible, when once 

 established. I, therefore, regret extremely, 

 not only the compartment I just mentioned, 

 but another garden immediately beyond it : 

 and I cannot forget the sort of curiosity 

 and surprize that was excited after a short 

 absence, even in me, to whom it was fami- 

 liar, by the simple and common circum- 

 stance of a door that led from the first com- 

 partment to the second, and the pleasure I 

 always experienced on entering that inner, 

 and more secluded garden. There was no- 

 thing, however, in the garden itself to excite 

 any extraordinary sensations : the middle 

 part was merely planted with the lesser 

 fruits, and dwarf trees, but on the opening 

 of the door, the lofty trees of a fine grove 

 appeared immediately over the opposite 

 wall ; the trees are still there, they are more 

 distinctly and openly seen, but 8 the striking 

 impression is gone. On the right was ano- 

 ther raised terrace, level with the top of the 

 wall that supported it ; and over-hung with 

 shrubs, which from age had lost their for- 



