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quantity of earth wheeled, and the nicety 

 with which this operation was performed, 

 I am persuaded it was in a great measure 

 done for the sake of beauty. 



The improved part of the other lane I 

 never saw in its original state; but by what 

 remains untouched, and by the accounts I 

 heard, it must have afforded noble studies 

 for a painter. The banks are higher and 

 the trees are larger than in the other lane, 

 and their branches, stretching from side 

 to side, 



" High over arch'd imbower.'*' 



I heard a vast deal from the gardener of 

 the place near it, about the large ugly roots 

 that appeared above ground, the large holes 

 the sheep used to lie in, and the rubbish of 

 all kinds that used to grow about them. 

 The last possessor took care to fill up and 

 clean, as far as his property went; and that 

 every thing might look regular, he put, as 

 a boundary to the road, a row of white 



