OX MAVERICK -Can a list of TOP SITES thumbnails visited on Safari be prevented from being displayed when open up Safari

Since upgrading my Mac's OS X Mountain Lion to 'Maverick', each time I start up Safari it provides thumbnails of sites previously visited under heading: 'TOP SITES'.
Can this be pevented so just the search engine is displayed upon start up of Safari eg. AOL or GOOGLE?

I have solved it thanks -
Click on SAFARI (screen's top left corner)  >  PRIVATE BROWSING

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