1811.] 
Sir Frederic Evelyn’s tenant, a decent 
landlord, takes care of his visitors’ horses, 
(good hay, and home-brewed beer, fine 
wiiite bread, &c. but no lodging, for ob- 
vious reasons) : the house is called Woot- 
ton-hatch, and is only four miles from 
Dorking. From Wootton-hatch to the 
right, and at the first turning, descend to 
Wootton-house, where all the woody 
grounds, &c. are well worth seeing ; from 
hence you ascend by a very narrow and 
rural sandy lane, to a gate that brings you 
to the top of Leith-hill, where you enter 
an avenue of firs in clumps; and go on 
bearing to the right a little, at the end of 
the avenue to Tanburst, on the edve of 
Leith-hill, from whence you proceed to 
Leith-hill Place, late Mr. Thompson’s, 
a magnificent situation; ascend again, 
and pursue your road along the edge of 
Leith-hill to the tower, and still pursce 
the edge of this wonderful mound, till © 
you come to Cold-harbour; from thence 
tbreugh a very grand wood, winding to 
the left from the ridge, turn down the 
first turning to the right to Folly-farm, or, 
crossing some open ground, take the 
second to the right, by Ridland-farm, 
entering the high road from Horsham, 
about the 2-mile stone from Dorking. 
From Dorking ride to Beechworth Cas- 
tle, about a mile to Brookham-green ; 
cross the Mole here, and proceed 
to Beechworth, Tranquil Dale; and 
return short to the left by Box-hill farm 
to Box-hill, from whence you see below 
Mr. Boccat’s and Mr. Bouverie’s, both 
of which rural places, if possible, you 
should visit. Next ascend to Norbury 
Park (Mr. Locke’s); turning off the road 
at Juniper-hill, proceed to Leatherhead ; 
from Leatherhead to the left, visit Ran- 
dall-house, whose park is skirted by the 
Mole; go on to Platsome-green to Lea- 
therhead-common, after passing about 
one mile of which you come to Ockshott. 
From Ockshott, two miles of a straight 
road through Esher-common brings you 
to Claremont Park, close to which is 
Esher Place, where a bridge crosses the 
Mole; three miles from whence is Wal- 
ton-on-Thames, and Ashley Park. Cross 
Walton-bridge to Shepperton, Abby- 
mill, and Laleham; proceed to Staines, 
cross Staines- bridge, and jmst before you 
‘come to Egham, enter Runnymeed to 
the right, where the road leads along the 
river by Anchorwick-house, to the Bells 
of Oseley, a public-house ; and by a road 
called Priest’s-hill you ascend to Engle- 
field-green, where you should walk on 
Lord Shuldham’s terrace to Cooper’s- 
Montury Mag, No, 207. 
Experiment relative to Mr. Claggei’s Aieuton. 
507 
hill; and returning by Bishopsgate, visit 
the Great Lodge, and go back to Wind 
sor by the grand avenue. 
‘ Sata 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE information relative to the ine 
vention of the piano-forte, which 
Mr. Lydiatt has communicated, p. 411, 
agrees in some measure with a letter I 
received from Mr. James Broadwood, on 
this subject. . 
“The first maker of the grand piano- 
forte was H. Baccers, a Dutchman, 
who, 1n 1772, invented nearly its mecha- 
nism, by which it is distinguished from 
the instrument with that name made in 
Germany,” 
I should esteem it a favour if Mr. 
Lydiatt would state what he knows with 
respect to an instrument invented by 
Mr. Clagget, viz. his forks struck by 
hainmers, as on the small piano-forte. 
When I saw this instrument, some years 
ago, at Mr. Clagget’s, it was incomplete; 
not having at'that time dampers appled 
to it, to stop the résonance of the forks, 
after the fingers were taken off the keys. 
The tone was fluty, and made its way, 
though not disagreeably loud, to the 
performer. - According to the best of 
my recollection, the voicing was not suf= 
ficiently equal. It had the compass, 
if I mistake not, of a common pianos 
forte; but I do not recollect whether it 
was an octave above concert-pitch, as 
was the aleuton. 
An instrument on this construction, 
would probably never require tuning © 
after the pitch of the forks had once been 
adjusted ; and perhaps there is little rea- 
son for apprehending that any change of 
temperature would affect, in any sensible 
degree,. their relative proportion of vi- 
brations. J once tried an. experiment 
by tuning, an organ-pipe to a pitch-fork, 
and then warming the pitch-fork in a ~ 
much greater degree than it would have 
been affected by any change of heat or 
cold, to which, in the common state of 
things, it could have been subject. The 
fork and the organ-pipe beat slowly, 
which proved that the vibrations of the 
fork bad been altered in a very small 
degree. When the fork was made ab- 
solutely hot, its tone became very feeble, 
but the* beats were more rapid, perhaps 
about eight in asecond. If care were, 
taken to procure a fork whose vibra- 
tiuns are 480.1n a second, or any other 
known number, some valuable expert- 
ments might be tried, especially if the 
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