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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



of the proprietor will cause hiin most frequently to 

 travel. Eailways^ however, have now become means of 

 communication of eqnal, if not superior, importance to 

 tlie public roads ; and hence facility of access to railway 

 stations is more frequently sought forj and in many 

 cases secondary approaches are, on that account, being 

 converted into principal ones, and even new ones formed. 

 In new places this necessity should be taken into account 

 at first ; and if the principal approach cannot be made to 

 aiford a good and ready way to the railway station, as 

 well as to serve the general purposes of the mansion- 

 house, a second, scarcely inferior to the other, must 

 necessarily be formed. Independently of railways, a 

 second or even third approach to the mansion-house, 

 through extensive parks, is often needful to open up 

 communication with the different districts of the sur- 

 rounding country. When the second approach is of 

 nearly as much importance as the principal one, similar 

 care and attention must be expended on both. If the 

 second and third are of quite a subordinate character, 

 one of them should form a convenient road to the oflices 

 and gardens, while the other may be prolonged to some 

 extent as a drive through the park. In places of hmited 

 dimensions, a second approach and a back road to the 

 house may be usefully combined. The back road to the 

 house and service-roads, when well arranged, contribute 

 much to the domestic convenience of the residence. 

 They should connect the house, stables, kitchen garden, 

 the home farm, and the more frequented roads of the 

 external comitry; and they should be such that the 

 cartages between these various places should never be 

 brought along the principal approaches, nor do more, 

 than cross them when necessary. Though kept in good 



