PART III. 



A COUNTRY RESIDENCE, &C. 



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CHAPTER II. 



THE FORMAL OR ANCIENT GEOMETRICAL STYLE OF FORMING 

 A COUNTRY RESIDENCE. 



Figure 2. represents the method in which a residence would 

 have been formed on such a situation a century ago by London, 

 Wise, Switzer, &c. Their first operations were, to clear away 

 every cottage, hedge, and tree. Then they levelled down the 

 precipice and every irregularity. Next, they formed it into 

 square fields and avenues, planting belts of trees between them. 

 Two small woods were placed on each side of the house, and 

 one large one near the garden. The water of the brook was 

 introduced, through a conduit, to an oblong canal ; from that, 

 to two round basins in the central garden ; thence to another 

 oblong canal corresponding with the first. From that, under 

 ground, as before, to two ponds in the large wood ; and then it 

 was carried by the side of the outer strip of plantation, until it 

 rejoined its former channel. The plan itself shews the rest. 

 I only observe farther, that nothing is done to the surrounding 

 fields, except the removal of the cottages and of the belt, which 



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