PART I. 



A COUNTRY RESIDENCE. 



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sea. Place the wood, not in small groups and single trees, but 

 in massy thickets and dark forests, — not bounded by a line of 

 insipid curves, but by bold projections, and deep obtuse an- 

 gular recesses, forming large bays, and broad irregular promi- 

 nences. The predominant trees in those masses must not be 

 poplar or willow, but the more noble oak, elm, and chesnut. 

 While some of the mountains, partly bare, shew immense per- 

 pendicular rocks, towering from dark woody chasms; let others 

 be totally clothed with wood ; and, throughout the whole range, 

 as far as may be practicable, let " hill be united to hill, with 

 sweeping train of forest, and prodigality of shade/' To cor- 

 respond with these general features, every part, as the offices, 

 gardens, farm, roads, &c. must have a greatness of manner and 

 dimension corresponding with the general character of the 

 whole, and a connection suitable to the uses and relative 

 beauty of each part. Thus : at the extremity of the estate, 

 on the side of the highway, let two lodges be placed, of con- 

 siderable dimensions, and at a proper distance from each other. 

 Let the gate between them be of ample size ; and from thence 

 let a broad road or approach proceed, in great irregular sweeps, 

 sometimes through forest scenery, and at other times through 

 open park or pasture, until, at last, it begins to ascend from 

 the vale, and, bursting from a thicket, the castle itself appears 

 to view, embosomed in wood and backed by the amphitheatre 

 of mountains. 



