As applicable to the subject of this chapter, I shall insert the following extract from the Red Book of HOLKHAM: The opposite banks in the middle part of the lake being the most beautiful ground in HOLKHAM PARK, it is a desirable object to unite them, without the long circuit which must be made by land round either end of the lake. A bridge, however elegant for the sake of magnificence, or however simple for the sake of convenience, would be improper, because it would destroy the effect of the lake, and give it the character of a river, which its round and abrupt terminations render improbable. I, therefore, propose to unite these opposite shores by a ferry-boat of a novel construction, so contrived as to be navigated with the greatest safety and ease, as explained by the following sketch [fig. 56].
[Holkam Park, Norfolk belonged to Thomas. W Coke]
