Walk to Runton. Cromer seen to advantage in the return from Runton. The battery.
Section the Third.
Excursion to Holt—upper road to be preferred. Description of the country between Cromer and Holt. Churches or villages, seen through a valley, a very common species of landscape. Fine distance a circumstance of great beauty. Heath ground terminated by distance. Particular effect given to a distance. The influence which a distant prospect, under particular circumstances, has upon the mind. Holt. Return from Holt by the lower road. Beeston Priory. Remark of Shenstone’s upon ruinated structures. Felbrigg beacon.
Section the Fourth.
Felbrigg. Grounds described. Oak,—its uses in the picturesque,—improved by age and decay. Shenstone’s ideas of trees in general, particularly the oak. Felbrigg house, pictures and library. Beckham old church,—the loneliness of its situation greatly to be admired. Such scenes calculated to excite reflection.
Section the Fifth.
Church at Thorp-Market described. Stained or painted glass in windows,—its effect. Gunton Hall, the seat of the Right Honourable Lord Suffield. Offices very fine. Parish Church in the park. North-Walsham. Hanworth, the seat of Robert Lee Doughty, Esq.
Section the Sixth.
Ride from Cromer to Mundesley. Trimmingham beacon. Mundesley. The beach at Mundesley. View from it particularly affected by the state of the weather. Effects of partial lights, called by Mons. du Piles—“accidents in painting.”