646 OF THE PRESERVATION, &C. BOOK II. 



representing walks are seen in different parts of the grounds. — 

 Those for morning and evening are extensive and open; those 

 for noon are entirely under the wood. Both contain consider- 

 able variety, whether we regard the beauty and wildness of the 

 park, the views of the distant corn-fields and hedgerows, the 

 village, the brook, the lake, or the different picturesque compo- 

 sitions formed by the house and offices ; to say nothing of dis- 

 tant prospect, which in the modern practice is very frequently 

 hidden by the belt, and at all events is ever prevented from 

 harmonizing with the park by that opaque distinct boundary. 

 F represents a fence to guard the cattle from the front of the 

 mansion ; G a rail, net, or unseen fence, to preserve a space 

 along the margin and rivulet as pleasure ground, in which exo- 

 tic shrubs and flowers are to be distributed in natural like 

 groups and thickets. All the rest of the grounds are fed with 

 deer, horses, cattle, sheep, &c. The kitchen garden is here 

 made small, because many of the culinary vegetables will be 

 cultivated in the fields ; and no orchard is seen, as a sufficient 

 number of fruit-trees are introduced in the groups and plea- 

 sure-ground scenery. Other particulars wherein it is different 

 from the two former do not require to be mentioned. A drive 

 may be made through the park at pleasure, and through the 

 counrty according to circumstances. The trees and masses of 

 wood in the park shew that it abounds with low growths and 

 wildnesses. The general appearance of this scheme in fig. 4. 



