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capability-Brown,* might unfold rural and horti- 

 cultural beauties equalling, or even surpassing 

 those of the Elysian fields at Paris. 



But, it may be asked here, why advocate so 

 strongly, the advantage of alterations at the 

 northern and southern boundaries of the town, 

 when, land to any extent, can be purchased for 

 building, or for decorating projects, in quarters 

 remote from the sea ? The answer is a plain one. 



The very essence of a trip to Scarbro', consists 

 in a view of the sea, and in the full enjoyment 

 of its bracing breezes. These two objects can 

 only be fully secured to lodgers, by building 

 apartments with their front to the ocean, whence, 

 pure and salubrious breezes would not fail to 

 reach them. Whereas, on the other hand, were 

 these apartments erected on sites not affording a 

 direct view of the sea, then, the wholesome breezes 

 would have to pass, sometimes through localities 

 of an impure nature ; — pig-styes and dog-kennels 

 to wit; and thus, the principal object of a visit 

 to the sea-side, might run the risk of proving 

 nugatory. 



Few there are, who sufficiently appreciate the 

 value of breezes arising from the ocean. Like 

 the hound in chase, they are slow, but sure. 



* A well-known former layer-out of grounds. 



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