642 DIFFERENT STYLES OF FORMING BOOK II. 



would otherwise have closed the view from the avenue. The 

 three shortest of these avenues are in appearance continued 

 through the fields by means of single rows of trees. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE AFFECTEDLY GRACEFUL, OR MODERN STYLE OF 

 FORMING A RESIDENCE. 



Figure 3. represents the manner in which the same piece of 

 ground would have been laid out by Mr. Brown, or his fol- 

 lowers. In the first place, it is cleared, levelled, and smoothed 

 equally with the former, except one small cottage, which will 

 be sufficiently hidden by the belt. The house is built on the 

 highest part of the ground. All the offices are sunk under it, ex- 

 cept the stables ; and the visible part of the house, in the form 

 of a cube, with an extensive front seen only from the approach 

 side. The brook is elevated upon the side of the rising ground, 

 and formed into a still river, with cascades and islands, which 

 may be seen from the house all round. The park being sur- 

 rounded with a belt, inclosing a ride or drive ; within this th% 



