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easily be obtained in view of the house, I think it ought not to
be neglected.
It may perhaps be objected, that to introduce rock scenery
in this place would be unnatural; but if this artifice be properly
executed, no eye can discover the illusion; and it is only by
such deceptions that art can imitate the most pleasing works of
nature. By the help of sach illusion we may see the interest-
ing struggles of the babbling brook, which soon after
"spreads
Into a liquid plain, then stands unmov'd
Pure as the expanse of Heaven."
This idea has been realized in the scenery at ADLESTROP,
where a small pool, very near the house, was supplied by a co-
pious spring of clear water. The cheerful glitter of this little
mirror, although on the top of the hill, gave pleasure to those
who had never considered how much it lessened the place, by
attracting the eye and preventing its range over the lawn and
falling ground beyond. This pool has now been removed; a
lively stream of water has been led through a flower garden,
where its progress down the hill is occasionally obstructed by
ledges of rock, and after a variety of interesting circumstances
it falls into a lake at a considerable distance, but in full view
both of the mansion and the parsonage, to each of which it
makes a delightful, because a natural, feature in the landscape.
Few persons have seen the formal cascade at THoREsBY in
front of the house, and heard its solemn roar, without wishing
to retain a feature which would be one of the most interesting
scenes in nature, if it could be divested of its disgusting and