William Aislabie's garden at Hackfall

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After a tedious ride … through fields and intricate by-lanes, I reached the little village of Gruclthorpe, and visited the celebrated Hackfall, one of the most picturesque scenes in the north of England: it consists of two vast dingles, covered on each side with wood, except in such parts where the naked scars contribute to vary the view. This romantic spot is the property of Mr. Aislabie, which he retires to from his house at Studley, eleven miles distant. His buildings here are only pavilions, covered seats, and other accommodations for a short repast. It is experimentally known that a long residence, even in the most romantic scenes, is apt to cloy: so the owner wisely has prevented all risk of satiety, by adapting his edifices to a visit of a few hours … The most capital views are from the Fisher's Hut, which commands the whole of the two dingles, where they fork from each other, with the bottom of each quite filled by the rapid Ure, which in places runs finely foaming. This view is truly American, for nothing is to be seen from it but hanging woods, an extent of scar, air, and water.1

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