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BOOK 1L 



PART I. 



THE 



PRACTICE OF FORMING A COUNTRY RESIDENCE, 



OR IMPROVING SUCH AS ALREADY EXIST. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



Having treated separately of what may be called the ele- 

 mentary sciences, or theory of forming a residence, I next pro- 

 ceed to the union of these sciences in the mind of an artist; or, 

 in other words, to the practice of designing and executing ru- 

 ral improvements. From the unlimited variety of natural situ- 

 ations, and the great diversity in their use and object, accord- 

 ing to the views of the proprietor, the application of these sci- 

 ences is unlimited. All that can be done, therefore, in a work 

 of this nature, is, to lay down general principles, and apply 

 them to the most striking examples; whence the reader may 

 be enabled to judge of their application in every case that can 



