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near Okehampton, in Devonshire, from which 

 the accompanying sketch was made. 



Caledon, in Ireland, is an instance of the 

 effect produced by the architectural fore- 

 ground. The house stands upon a knoll, the 

 ground falling every way from it. About 

 five years ago, I recommended a broad gravel 

 terrace, with a flight of steps leading to a 

 second terrace, as a parterre garden. The 

 good taste of the noble proprietor has added 

 a third compartment, on a stilll ower level : 

 and, when I visited the place in October, I 

 found the myrtles in full bloom upon the 

 terrace walls, where before no flower could 

 have endured the exposure of the situation ; 

 while the parapets, vases, &c. form a rich 

 accompaniment to the mansion, and an ap- 

 propriate and picturesque foreground to the 

 scenery beyond it. Perhaps there is no place 

 where the adoption of the terrace and its 

 accompaniments has produced a more strik- 

 ino; effect than at Clumber. The house on 

 that side was separated from the park by a 

 handsome iron fence, almost close to the 

 windows ; from this fence the ground gra- 

 dually sloped to the water, about a hundred 

 feet off: that space is now occupied by a 



