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or rather .by altering the house to make it what -its name and
situation denote,: for if T IE r  T were restored to its original
character of a castle or fortress, this wall, instead of being objec-
tionable, would then act as a terrace, and contribute to the
general effect of extent, and the magnificence of the whole.,
The drawing represents the view from the house, as it ap-
peared before and after the improvement; upon the slide are
shewn five rods or poles, eachof which are supposed to be ten
feet high, and placed at different distances from the eye;  these
shew the difference in the apparent height of the same object
in the- different situations, and of course what may be expected
from trees planted of any given size at each place: from hence
it is evident that a young tree .at No. 1. will hide nothing for
many years except the park wall. A tree of the same size  at
No. 2. will do little more; this is confirmed also by the large
trees already growing there; but at No. 3. where a heap of
earth has been thrown up to a considerable height, a tree of
twenty feet would hide most of the houses, and in like manner
at No. 4. and No. 5; immediate effects may be produced by
judiciously planting to shew the distant objects over or under
the branches of trees in the foreground.,
Although from the nature of this work it is difficult to .pre-
serve any connecting series of arrangement, yet it may not be
A drawing is inserted in the red book to shew the manner of thus altering the
house; but the plate in this work is sufficient to explain the process used in ascertain-
'ing ,the possibility of so planting out the view of the neighbouring .houses -as 'to -ex-
,clude what ought to be hid, without hiding what ought to be:seen.
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