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ragement of emeu ted and well-deserving seamen and mariners, for its chap.glorious fabric and conveniences exceeding any in-Europe dedicated tothat excellent purpose. To this also belongs a Park , as there did to thatof Eltham. Nearer the metropolis yet are those of St. James’s, Hyde-Park , and that sweet Villa (as now built, planted,, and embellished) ofKensington, deserving a particular description;. and for all that can bedesirable of magnificence, Hampton-Court , truly great, in a most beauti-ful Flat; the Palace, Gardens, Canal, Walks, Groves, and Parks ; thesweet and silent Thames gliding her silver streams to the triumphal Win-soman Tempe, raising its stately head,, and which alone has in view anhemisphere as far as eyes and telescopes can distinguish earth from heaven;;thus from the Keape, the Terrace, Parks, and Forests, equalling, nayexceeding, any thing Europe can boast of.

Other there are sweet and delectable country seats and villas of the No-blefs, rich and opulent citizens, (about our, Augusta) built and environedwith parks, paddocks, plantations, &c. adapted to country and ruralseats, dispersed through the whole nation, consipcuous not only for thestructure of their houses, built after the best rules of architecture, but forsituation,, gardens,, canals, walks, avenues,, parks, forests, ponds, pro-spect and vistas, groves, woods, and large plantations, and other themost charming and delightful recefses, natural and artificial: But to enu-merate and describe what were extraordinary in these and the rest, wouldfurnish volumes: For who has not either seen, admired,.or heard of

Audley-End, Althorp, Aukland , Allington, Ampthill, Astwell, Al-dermaston ?

Bolsover, Badminton , Broekly, Burleigh on the Hill, and the otherBurleigh, Bocton, Buckthurst, Buckland, Belvoir, Bleehington,'Bestwood,Broom-hall?

Castle-Rising, Castle-Ashby, Chatsworth, Charley, Cornberry, Cashio-berry, Cobham, Cowdrey, Caversham, Cranburn Park, Charlton, Copt-Hall, Claverton, famous for Sir W. Bafset’s vineyard, producing fortyhogsheads of wine yearly. Nor must I forget that of Deepden, in Surrey,planted by the Honourable Charles Howard, Lord of half the manor ofHarking.

Drayton, Dorington-Park, Dean ?

Eastwell, Euston,Ecleswold, Edscomb, Easton, Epping?

Falston,.Flanckford ?