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-So. 39, with a rich -iew of the opposite bank across the, igh
road, seen under large trees; it then ascends the hill by the
side of a deep dell at No. 40, and makes a double at No. 41, o
cross the valley, -that it may skirt round the knoll on the furze
hill at No. 42, from whence it descends into the valley at No. 43,
and either returns to the house by the approach from Oxford,
or is continued under the. double line of. elms at Mo 44, to
.ascend by the valley from whence the drive began.
To some :.persons this description may appear tedious, to
others it will perhaps furnish amusement to trace the course of
such a line on the map; but I have purposely distinguished by
Italics, some observations containing principles which have not
before been reduced to practical improvement.
hATHFIELD PARK is one of those subjects from whence my
art can derive little credit: the world is too apt to mistake alte-
ration for improvement, and to applaud every change, although no
higher beauty is produced. The character of this park is strictly
in harmony with its situation; both are splendid and magnificent;
yet a degree of elegance and beauty prevails, which are rarely to
be found where greatness of character, and loftiness of situation,
are'the predominant features: because magnificence is not always
united with convenience, nor extent of prospects with interesting
and beautiful scenery. The power of art can have but lite