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field or two, through an irregular kind of 

 avenue, to avoid gates ; the arable may retain 

 its situation ; the hedge-rows may be kept 

 up without detriment to the character of the 

 house, and its immediate accompaniments. 

 So also, I conceive, that the stable offices, 

 and even the farm buildings, if well grouped 

 with trees, and not in the way of the view, 

 may frequently be retained with perfect pro- 

 priety in connection with a house of this 

 description, of which shelter is an indispens- 

 able characteristic. One or two openings to 

 the country, made with judgment, will gene- 

 rally be preferable to a more extensive clear- 

 ing, especially on the approach side. 



It may be here suggested, that, where ex- 

 tent of park or sheep-walk is necessary, great 

 caution should be exercised in the removing 

 of hedge-rows. How often do we see a line 

 of trees standing each on a little mound, and 

 marking the course of the hedge in which 

 they had stood ; whereas, had the hedge been 

 partially removed, including the trees in that 

 removal, and in places the hedge and trees 

 been left standing together, a group of thorns, 

 or sometimes a single tree, planted so as to 

 break the straight line, would obliterate all 



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