. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. and can easily be distinguished from the principal pro-perty by minute marks on the delineation. 3350. In the panoramic view, the delineator supposes himself placed on an eminence,as the roof of the mansion where central, and looking round on all that he sees on everyside. Where there is a prominent hill, or where the mansion is on an eminence, this
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. and can easily be distinguished from the principal pro-perty by minute marks on the delineation. 3350. In the panoramic view, the delineator supposes himself placed on an eminence,as the roof of the mansion where central, and looking round on all that he sees on everyside. Where there is a prominent hill, or where the mansion is on an eminence, thisis a very desirable mode of giving a general idea of a demesne, and by the aid of hori-zontal lines, and lines converging to them from the centre of vision, some idea may behad, on flat surfaces at least, of the relative heights and distances of objects. 3357. A simple mode is to give a general view, or distant prospect, of the estate or itsprincipal parts (fig. 530.), as seen from some elevated conspicuous hill, building, orobject near it; or if the estate, as is frequently the case, is situated on the side of ahill, or range of hills, a position on the plain or flat grounds opposite to it will besufficient. 530 r *33.« - r^.^S^Swrnj*,,,. 3358. For the delineation of maps, the most desirable material in point of durability isparchment; but where there is a chance of alterations being made on the estate, as in thelines of roads, fences, streams, &.C., it is better to delineate on paper, as the correspond-ing alterations can be made on the map with greater ease. Such colours as are stains,and do not wash out, are proper for maps and plans on parchment; but where alterationsmay require to be made, or where shadow, or any thing like picturesque effect is to beattempted, water colours alone must be used. To delineate estates and plans of everykind in a beautiful and expressive manner, much depends on having the very best in-struments and colours, and in knowing how to use them Th
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