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troops., had been issued by Mr. Brown -at 

 the hall door of each place — 



Vanguard, to right and left, ihe front, unfold * 



There is one class of buildings of a .very 

 distinct character from any of those already 

 mentioned, which by no means deserves to 

 remain unnoticed — that of Bridges. In 

 every style of scenery they are objects of the 

 most interesting kind : whether we consi- 

 der their great and obvious utility, and the 

 almost intrinsic beauty of their forms ; or 

 their connexion with the most pleasing- 

 scenes in nature, and the charms which they 

 add to water, and receive from it in return. 

 The simplest construction of a stone bridge, 

 and therefore probably the earliest, is where 

 long flat stones are placed upon others more 

 thick and massive : such bridges we often 

 see over brooks in villages, and they are ad- 



# However wretched the routine of a professed im- 

 prover may be, there is a sort of comfort in having things 

 done by a regular practitioner ; for as the apothecary in 

 Moliere says, " Q'uoi qu'il puisse avriver, on est assure que 

 es chose* ,sont ton (our? dans 1 oioue/' 



