Roads and Paths 



many cases where the road can be kept 

 away from the immediate vicinity of the 

 house-front, it will have to pass it at a 

 greater distance. Its presence may then be 

 masked by low plantations which will, at 

 least, be less disagreeable to the eye than the 

 line of gravel. But plantations wull often 

 be undesirable as obstructions in what ought 

 to be a simple extended view, or a broadly 

 treated landscape. It is better, when possi- 

 ble, to sink the road, or to raise the lawn in 

 a gentle slope toward it to such a degree 

 that the eye will not perceive it, and that 

 the stretches of lawn on its hither and fur- 

 ther sides will seem to unite without a break. 



If the place is so large that the house is 

 not seen until after one has entered the ap- 

 proach, attention should be paid to the first 

 view thus afforded. There is much in in- 

 itial impressions, and a house may never 

 redeem itself wholly in a visitor's eyes if it 

 fails to do itself justice when they first hght 

 upon it. 



The samxe general principles hold with re- 

 gard to walks as with regard to drives. 

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