The enclosures measure about seven miles, surrounded by a stone wall, the internal features of which are diversified with a variety of scenic capabilities, and such has been the taste and judgment exercised in the disposition and arrangement of the embellishments, that a journey of twenty-two miles may be made within these gardens without once retracing the same steps; in the progress of which the scenery will be found equally varied, beautiful, and interesting. An eminence gradually ascending from the open country on the north is covered with woods, some of which are of ancient growth, but the major part consists of modern plantations, descending to a fine enclosed country to the south. From the apex of a hill, embosomed in this luxuriant grove, rises a mansion called the Abbey, crowned with a lofty tower (visible at the distance of forty miles) turrets, pediments, and pinnacles, bearing every external appearance of an ancient monastic edifice. It is composed of a tower in the centre, 276 feet in height, an entrance hall lofty and spacious, and three wings, extending from the tower to the east, north, and south; the exterior elevation of each of these portions is dissimilar to the others, each appropriated to the purposes of a commodious and elegant mansion; the whole adorned in the most costly manner, and enriched with the choicest productions of the fine arts. The view from the top of the tower is of vast extent, including many counties in its circumference, and embracing a variety of charming scenery interspersed with objects beautifully picturesque. Some conception may be formed of the extent and variety of this scene, when it is known that the tower has its base upon an eminence considerably above the level of the top of Salisbury spire; and in the immediate neighbourhood there is no hill of sufficient magnitude to bound the view. On the summit of a lofty eminence, called The Beacon, is a plain of about six acres, intended for the site of a magnificent tower; the foundations of which are entirely laid, and in most parts the walls are raised to the height of nine or ten feet, it is of considerable extent, in form triangular, with a circular bastion at each of its angles.