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extended to England, the fish-pond as a fish-
pond disappeared in the vast sheets of water
which formed an essential feature in his system
of design. Great canals and basins, as at Wrest,
in Bedfordshire, took its place, and the transi-
tion from this to the artificial lakes of the

Fig. 30.

landscape gardener was easy. The great canal
at Wrest measures about 250 paces by 50, with
transepts at the north end and a large pavilion
at the south. There is also at Wrest a pond
called " the Ladies' Canal," with grass banks
measuring about 90 paces by 40. This is
surrounded by a broad grass verge and yew-
hedges 20 feet high, with a statue at the west