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offices are brought into view— all the buildings are made low, 

 irregular, and suited to the ground. The brook is rendered 

 more characteristic, as such, by forming little aits and islands, 

 as at A ; and pools, or stagnated places, as at B ; and at other 

 places under the shade of the grove .where it is not seen. In 

 the hollow near the house, it is spread out into a lake, varied 

 by prominences, islands, and wood. The stable offices C, the 

 ' kitchen garden D, and the farm E, are all placed near each 

 other, and near the mansion. The wood appears in one extensive 

 irregular mass, crowning the large eminence, and connecting it 

 with the lower grounds in which the brook runs. In place of 

 surrounding the whole with a belt, the margin of the park every 

 ♦ where blends irregularly with the country ; in some places a 

 hedge only, in others a sunk fence, in others open paling, sepa- 

 rate it from corn fields ; and in several places large portions of 

 the park are united to the country by the use of hurdle fences ; 

 by which means more or less of it can be inclosed and let out 

 to tenantry, at pleasure. The wood, by this plan, does not 

 abruptly terminate with the park, but loses itself in scattered 

 trees, hedgerows, and occasional strips, among the corn fields 

 of the neighbouring farms. Hence the beauty of the views in 

 walking round the margin of the park. An irregular village is 

 formed by scattered cottages, wood, and pasture, and from this 

 the approach is led to the house, with a branch to the offices 

 and garden — the farm road is not seen in the plan. The lines 



