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out the proper outline is supported
by a remarkable enthusiasm, to wit
that the day after we had completed it,
we received Dr. [?] (Kings College
London) reply to Bishop Otey's letter in
which at the Bps suggestion he gave
a sketch of his ideal of what we
ought to have & it was on all points
[?]& [?] what we had already
adopted.

In compliance with the intentions
of the Ex. Com: I exhausted all
resources of the [?] for a Landscape
Gardener, could find none to our liking.
I prevailed on Bp. [Hopkins?]to lend
us the aid of his high taste to carve
out the outline of the Grounds. This he
agreed to do being [?] interested on our
work. & I came here to point out what
we wanted done to him & to aid us setling
what he wanted for his work. As Bishop
Elliott & myself were charged with