. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . k for ships, and we are at pleasant branch, skirting the Exe, will take us forward to the delight-ful sea-coast towm of Exmouth; or another line will carry us from Exeteracross Devon to the charming scenery that skirts the Bristol Channel. 202 ^^ ^ RICHMOND AND KEW. The glories of Richmond Hill have often been painted by pencil and bypen. Sir Walter Scott describes the pleasant village and the com-manding eminence, where the beauty of English landscape is displayedin its
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . k for ships, and we are at pleasant branch, skirting the Exe, will take us forward to the delight-ful sea-coast towm of Exmouth; or another line will carry us from Exeteracross Devon to the charming scenery that skirts the Bristol Channel. 202 ^^ ^ RICHMOND AND KEW. The glories of Richmond Hill have often been painted by pencil and bypen. Sir Walter Scott describes the pleasant village and the com-manding eminence, where the beauty of English landscape is displayedin its utmost luxuriance. The present day sees Richmond take a leadingposition as a fiishionable suburb of London, the railway ha\ing brought itwithin a comfortable residential relation to the heart of business life. Ithas grown immensely in mere point of increase in its inhabitants; but itsgreat natural position, together with its notoriety for genial dinners, retainsfor it a high reputation as a pleasant place for an outing. The great parkwas not enclosed till the time of Charles I. It is nearly nine miles in cir-. cumference, and includes some 2,250 acres. On the grassy lawns andbeneath the deep woods of the Park some 1,600 fallow deer, and 70 or Sored deer find their haunts and home. To obtain a complete view of itspicturesque scenery, the tourist is recommended to enter the park at Rich-mond Hill Gate ; to cross it in a southerly direction towards Kingston ;then to keep along the borders to the Roehampton entrance, and thenceto the lodge at East Sheen. The White Lodge stands on a height at theend of the Queens Drive. It belongs to the Prince of Wales. AtPembroke Lodge, Earl Russell spent his declining days. Kew is apicturescjuc village, famous the world over for its Botanical (lardensThey include an Orangery 142 feet long, a Palm House, one of the finestin Euroi^e, a Pinetum, Tropical Houses, Ferneries, &c., each of which contains countless objects of the greatest interest. The h
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