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tion between the two next pools, this process of Nature should
be imitated.
"The different levels of the several pools were formerly
disguised by plantations; but these having outgrown their
original intention as brushwood, have become trees, between
whose stems the deception of the dams is too much betrayed.
These screens should be repaired by Thorns and Alders, so as
to produce the general effect of one continued river, as I have
represented in all the different views of the water."
With permission of the Marquis of Bath, the preceding ex-
tracts have been made from the volume of Reports concerniiig
the improvements of Longleate. The original MS. is elucidatea
by fourteen different drawings, from ivhich is selected the draw-
ing representing the, south and east fronts of the House from
Prospect Hill, a spot at no great distance from the Warminster
approach. It is difficult to represent thevast range of country
which this hill commands, extending over the whole county of
Somerset towards the Welsh hills, beyond the Bristol Channel.
This magnificent Park, so far from being kept locked up to ex-
clude mankind from partaking of its scenery, is always open,
and parties are permitted to bring their refreshments; which
circumstance tends to enliven the scene, to extend a more ge-
neral knowledge of its beauties to strangers, and to mark the
liberality of its Noble Proprietor, in thus deigning to partici-
pate with others the good he enjoys.