have often travelled; and in which your property chiefly lies. But if this plea have less weight, it hath one more, from whieh it hath a better hope of procuring a favourable reception. The profits of it are intended to lay the foundation of a little fund, which you, my dear Sir, and a few other kind friends, have obligingly engaged to countenance at fome future period. As to the book itself, it has lain by me these twenty years, in which time it ought to have gained and I hope it has gained fome little advantage. One advantage is, that I have had opportunities of adorning leveral of the scenes it defcribes, with contrafts taken from other countries, which have occafionally fallen in my way. It was always a particular amusement to my self, and I hope it may be alfo to others, to see how variously Nature works up the fame modes of fcenery, in different parts of the world. At the fame time, fo long a date hath occafioned fome little anachronisms. I met with a few improvements in different places, of later date than the body of the work itself. These indeed I might have inserted in notes; but I thought the occafion did not require much chronological exactness, and therefore blended them with the text. After all, my dear Sir, to tell you the plain truth, in my addrefs to you, I confider my book only as a vehicle. The fact is, I had the vanity to wish it known, that I could call one of the most amiable and refpectable men I am acquainted with, my friend: and I hope you will excuse my not communicating a 3 nicating to you this piece of vanity, as I had determined to indulge what I feared you might wish to reprefs. I beg, dear Sir, you will believe me to be, with the trueft efteem, refpect, and affection, Your most obedient, and obliged humble fervant, VICAR'S-HILL, April 23, 1798. WILL. GILPIN. NONSUCH-Epfom-Banftead-downs-The Oaks-Lord Suffolk's Park. SECT. II.-P. 7. Norbury-park-The Mole-Remarks on Box-woodFogs-Barret's Painting - Remarks on the Venus of Medici Difcobolus-Remarks on Statues -Mich. Angelo's Mofes-Management of the Hair in Antiques -Remarks on painted Statues-Views in Front of Norbury-house. SE C T. III.-P. 29. Country between Leatherhead and Guildford-Sheepleas-Guildford-Floats of Timber-Country between Guildford and Farnham-Farnham-castle-Remarks on Avenues Crooksbury-hill-Hop-plantations. SECT. IV.-P. 43. Holt-forest-Remarks on flat Scenery-Country about Winchefter-The Cathedral-Remarks on Monuments -Remarks on Ornaments-Weft's Picture of Lazarus Country between Winchester and Salisbury-Approach Longford-caftle-Pictures there, particularly two Land- Stonehenge-Different Conftructions of the fame Kind- - Wilton-Remarks on Palladian Bridges-Remarks on tri- umphal Arches-Remarks on the Profufion of Italian Statues Remarks on the Statues at Wilton-Idea of a Gallery to contain them-Pictures at Wilton-Re- Fonthill-Stourhead-Mr. Hoare's Grounds-Statue of |