ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 
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[Fig. 21. Plan of the foregoing grounds as a Country Seat, after ten years’ improvement.! 
Figure 22, is the plan of an American mansion residence 
of considerable extent, only part of the farm lands, /, being 
here delineated. In this residence, as there is no extensive 
view, worth preserving, beyond the bounds of the estate, the 
pleasure grounds are surrounded by an irregular and 
picturesque belt of wood. A fine natural stream or rivu- 
let, which ran through the estate, has been formed into a hand- 
some pond, or small lake, /, which adds much to the interest 
of the grounds. The approach road breaks off from the high- 
way at the entrance lodge, a, and proceeds in easy curves to 
the mansion, b ; and the groups of trees on the side of this 
approach nearest the house, are so arranged that the visiter 
scarcely obtains more than a glimpse of the latter, until he 
