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CHAP. IV.
CONCERNING WATER.
THERE being no part of my profession so captivating in its effect, and oftentimes
so readily executed,
as making a large piece of artificial water, it may be proper in this volume
to give a few specimens of
different improvements presumed to have been produced by it:-though if all
that I have written to
explain and elucidate this subject were to be inserted, the whole of the
volume would be engrossed
by it. I must therefore, for the present, only mention a few places where
artificial pieces of water
have been ornamented under my directions :* viz. at Holktham, the magnificent
lake has been dressed
by walks on its banks, and a peculiar ferry-boat invented to unite the opposite
shores.
Sheffield Place. A very beautiful lake has been added to the scenery of a
place, which abounds in
the most perfect specimens of the picturesque effect produced by Gothic architecture.
Sunning Hill. This large piece of water, which consists of a lake, with a
river flowing into it, is
nearly completed, and will be one of the most pleasing objects that can be
produced by art.
Milton in Cambridgeshire.  A small river has been made with great effect,
in proportion to its
quantity.
This subject has also been mentioned in the following red books, viz. Ferney
Hall, Rudding Hall, Widdial Hall, Babwortb,
Scrielsby, Milton, Livermere, Garnons, Crewe Hall, Brocklesby, Thoresby,
Stoneaston, Nacton, Sec.