The course, along the valley, is extremely interesting; and, as some consider the farm-yard and premises a part of the beauty, as well as the comfort, of a residence in the country, I have supposed one branch of the drive, No. 32, to pass near a large tree, and the other to go on the bank at No. 33, and cross the corner of Hedgerley green, which I suppose might be planted round the gravel pit; but when the drive enters the farm enclosures, it ought, if possible, to follow the course of the hedges, and not to cross a field diagonally. From No. 34 to No. 35, is perfectly flat, and follows the line of the hedges to the corner at No. 35, where a new scene presents itself, viz. a view towards the village of Hedgerley, in a valley, surrounded with woody banks. The drive now skirts along the hedge, and passes, at No. 36, a farm-house, which might be opened to the field, and then enters Wapsey's Wood, in which the first bold feature will present itself at No. 37, where the drive may come so near the edge as to shew the view along the valley, and the amphitheatre of wood surrounding these small enclosures: it then passes through the wood to a very large oak, at No. 38, which may be brought into notice by letting the drive go on each side of it, and afterwards, following the shape of the ground, it sweeps round the knoll at No. 39, with a rich view of the opposite bank, across the high 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, to 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 No. 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.
