All other tombs, and buildings of whatever
kind, should be confined to a belt of the
ground within and near the covered way,
and, with their accompanying groves, should
not occupy more than a fourth of the whole
space. The covered way should not be
the work of one man or period, and this
being so, it would be well to separate its
parts by planting or otherwise — the division



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occurring, if possible, in places commanding
views of the surrounding country.
We are now considering a cemetery of
the largest size and first importance — a
national or metropolitan one. Several
reasons determine that the covered way
and main buildings shall not be on the
extreme boundary ; namely, to have them
in as quiet a position as possible, as safe
from injury on their outer as on their
inner sides : to secure freedom from any
kind of nuisance which might arise, from the
buildings being placed too near property
over which the governing body of the ceme-
tery had no control ; also to allow of the
buildings being screened from the surround-
ing neighbourhood by tall trees, on any side
where the views were not such as would add
to the landscape beauty of the place.
Thus it would be possible to control the




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views not only from the centre to the
covered way and tombs, and vice versd, but
also beyond them, and to secure freedom
from any objectionable sights or sounds.
The actual boundary would be secured in
a more ordinary but effectual manner.
