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showed the extent of the injury that they had received. After waiting 
till the middle of summer, it was found that the lauristinus, sweet bay, 
Chinese privet, and various other shrubs, were alive to the height of 
from 3 ft. to 5 ft. ; and, after the dead wood was cut out, the plants soon 
became covered with young shoots and foliage. 
The Walks are so laid out and planted as to be sheltered or bordered 
by evergreens, for the sake of their lively appearance during winter. 
They are also so contrived as to be shaded from the sun by deciduous trees 
during summer ; while these trees being naked during winter, admit the 
sun at that season to dry the ground. The walks are laid out in differ- 
ent directions, in order that, from whatever point the Wind may blow, at 
least one walk will be sheltered from it. The greater number are in the 
direction of north and south ; because walks in that direction are best 
exposed to the sun in the winter season, which is the period of the year 
in which the proprietor chiefly resides here. It is always desirable, in 
a small place, that all the walks should be concealed from the windows, 
except that immediately under the eye ; and that, in walking through 
the grounds, no path should be seen except the one walked on, and 
that (except in the case of a straight avenue) only for a moderate dis- 
tance. These rules (derived from the principle of variety and intricacy) 
have been carefully attended to by Mr. Harrison ; and hence the walk 
from a to Z>, in the plan Fig. 13, in p. 476, 477, is concealed by raising 
the turf on the side next the house higher than on the opposite side ; 
while that from c to d is concealed by the bushes and trees at c, and 
more especially by a large rhododendron at ee. The walk f g h is 
concealed from the walk i; partly by a swell in the surface of the turf 
on the side next i , but chiefly by the bushes which are scattered along its 
margin. At g, there is a clump which prevents any one on the walk i 
from seeing the line gf; and any one on the walk g /from seeing the 
line i. In walking along from f to h, it is clear that the trees and shrubs 
on the left hand will always prevent the eye from seeing the walk to any 
great distance. All the other walks through the lawn are concealed in 
a similar manner ; so that a person walking in the grounds never sees 
any other walk than that which lies immediately before him ; and, there- 
fore, in looking across the lawn, he never can discover the extent either 
of what he has seen, or of what he has yet to see. To form a great num- 
ber of walks of this sort, and lead the spectator over them without 
