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A gravel path leads by the Statue of Hercules and Antseus, 

 skirting the valley, to 



THE FANE OF PASTORAL POETRY. 



Here a most pleasing forest-scene presents itself, formed by 

 extensive lawns of the Park, bounded with old oaks. The 

 valley which is most magnificently terminated by the Temple 

 of Concord and Victory, crowning the ridge at the upper 

 end, leads to 



LORD COBHAM'S PILLAR, 



one hundred and fifteen feet high ; adorned on the summit 

 with a Statue of his Lordship, who originally laid out these 

 Gardens. 



This Monument was designed by Gibbs, but the piedestal 

 has been altered by Signor Valdre, by being enlarged so as 

 to support four Lions on the four angles: On the four 

 principal faces are the following inscriptions : 



ON A TABLET OVER THE DOOR. 



Ricardo Vicecomiti de Cobham, 

 Exercitum Britannicorum Marescallo, 

 Qui in Castris, et in Negotiis 



Rempublicara sustiuuit ; 

 Et elegantiori Hortorum cultu, 

 His primum in agris illustrato, 



Patriani ornavit. 



MDCCXLVII. 



To Richard Lord Viscount Cobham, Field Marshal of the British Armies • 

 who served his country as well in the cabinet as the field; and who adorned 

 it by a more elegant system of modern gardening, first illustrated on this spot. 



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