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and an easy access to them, require attention. Their 

 position is so often governed by the relative direction 

 of the public roads, and by the boundaries of the park, 

 that I deem it necessary to refer particularly to some 

 of the best and worst arrangements regarding them. 

 When the public road joins the park wall at right 

 angles, or nearly so, and then branches off to the right 

 and left along that wall, the ground being level or 

 having a gentle rise toward the park, an entrance-gate 

 placed opposite the junction of the two roads will oc- 

 cupy one of the best and most imposing positions. If 

 the road forms a single rectangular bend where it meets 

 the park wall, this spot affords an excellent, though 

 perhaps a secondary position. But when the road 

 and park wall come together at an acute angle, their 

 point of contact is perhaps the worst place that can be 

 selected for an entrance, as it seldom admits of proper 

 arrangements, and should be chosen only when the 

 nature of the ground makes it absolutely necessary. 

 When the first and second positions above mentioned 

 cannot be obtained, we would recommend a plan equal 

 in many respects to the second, viz., the selection of 

 a suitable position for the entrance-gate on the side of 

 the turnpike road, and the placing of the gate in a 

 recess, at such a distance from the center of the road 

 as will permit a carriage to be easily driven through 

 it. Such a site will often be found more convenient 

 than one of greater pretensions. In the case of sub- 

 urban residences, there is generally little scope for the 

 selection of a site for the entrance. Frequently the 

 scanty space admits of nothing more than a gateway 

 in the boundary wall. The entrance-gate to baronial 

 residences, in the neighborhood of towns or villages, 

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