Contents. 



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Health, the sole object of some in retiring to the country 666 



Recreations in horticulture better both for health and morals 

 than sea-bathing 666" 



Profit, the object of others 667 



The display of wealth the object of others 668 



Directions for doing this in the most ostentatious manner 668 



To increase the cihcle of amusements a common object in view... 669 



To LAY THE FOUNDATION OF A FAMILY NAME the object of Some 670 



The improvement of the country the object of some 670 



The gratification of a taste for rural life the object of others... 671 



Disgust at a public life compels some to retire 672 



To indulge in grief for past misfortunes may be the object in 



view • 67 * 



TO FEEL AND ENJOY ALL THE APPEARANCES OF NATURE the object of 



some 67 S 



General remarks respecting those already in possession of residences 674 

 There is no situation, however bad, but may be improved, so as 

 to become superior to the finest place laid out in the modern 



style — if nature be imitated 67 + 



Therefore no person should be anxious to change, nor be displeased 



with, an entailed estate on account of its situation 675 



Strangers or new possessors should be carried to residences in fine 



weather, &c 67 S 



A proprietor ought to retain the same residence all his life-time 676 



The country not long to be enjoyed without society, unless by con- 

 noisseurs, who are never persons of general taste 677 



The study of the human figure most interesting when we discover 



character or expression in the countenance 67 S 



The true and most exalted enjoyment of nature consists in the dis- 

 covery and continual perception of that wonderful expression 



©r mind which pervades the universe 673 



PART II.— Some considerations with a view to promote rural 



IMPROVEMENT. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The different classes of mankind dependent on each other ... 679 



Hence the reciprocal duties 680 



