is a pretty house and garden, scarce visible to the company in the
park. On the north side are several fine walks of elms and limes
half a mile in length, of which the Mall is one. The palace of St.
James's, Marlborough House, and the fine buildings in the street
called Pall Mall, adorn this side of the park. At the east end is a
view of the Admiralty, a magnificent edifice, lately built with
brick and stone; the Horse Guards, the Banqueting House, the most
elegant fabric in the kingdom, with the Treasury and the fine
buildings about the Cockpit; and between these and the end of the
grand canal is a spacious parade, where the horse and foot guards
rendezvous every morning before they mount their respective guards.

On the south side of the park run shady walks of trees from east to
west, parallel almost to the canal, and walks on the north;
adjoining to which are the sumptuous houses in Queen Street, Queen
Square, &c., inhabited by people of quality: and the west end of
the park is adorned with the Duke of Buckingham's beautiful seat.
But what renders St. James's Park one of the most delightful scenes
in Nature is the variety of living objects which is met with here;
for besides the deer and wild fowl, common to other parks, besides
the water, fine walks, and the elegant buildings that surround it,
hither the politest part of the British nation of both sexes
frequently resort in the spring to take the benefit of the evening
air, and enjoy the most agreeable conversation imaginable; and those
who have a taste for martial music, and the shining equipage of the
soldiery, will find their eyes and ears agreeably entertained by the
horse and foot guards every morning.

The Sanctuary, or the abbey-yard, is a large open square, between
King Street and the Gate-house, north-west of the abbey, and was