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' damp, may be so managed as to lose that appearance.  The first object is
to remove the stables, and
4 all the trees and bushes in the low meadow, which may then with ease be
converted into a pleasing
'piece of water, in the front of the house.
' The effect of this alteration is shewn by plate No. II.* In its present
state, two tall elms are the
'first objects that attract our notice: from the tops of these trees the
eye measures downwards to the
'house, that is very indistinctly seen amidst the confusion of bushes and
buildings with which it
'is incumbered; and the present water appearing above the house, we necessarily
conclude that the
house stands low: but instead of this confusion, let water be the leading
object, and the eye will
naturally measure upwards to the house, and we shall then pronounce that
it no longer appears in
' a low situation.'
' LIVERMERE PARK.] However delightful a romantic or mountainous country may
appear to a
traveller, the more solid advantages of a flat one to live in, are universally
allowed; and in such a
country, if the gentle swell of the ground occasionally presents the eye
with hanging woods,
dipping their foliage in an expanse of silvery lake, or softly gliding river,
we no longer ask for the
abrupt precipice or foaming cataract.
Livermere Park possesses ample lawns, rich woods, and an excellent supply
of good-coloured
* The plate of Rivenhall, No. II. was engraved when only the first part of
the suggested improvement had been carried into
execution; but Mr. Western has since purchased the adjoining estate of Felix
Hall, where he now resides, and on whose improvements I
have the honour to be consulted by him.