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of trees cutting across it on to the sky line, thus rendering patches of 

 distance as seen between the trees as patches also of the trees themselves 

 (Fig. 5). Get to some other position, in which you can either command 

 the distant prospect without the interruption of the trees, say, above 

 them, or else go closer to them, m order that you may get a view between 

 them, and thus overcome the difficulty (Fig. 6). 



Hundreds of otherwise good pictures are quite spoiled through lacking 

 this great quality of " unity " or breadth, whilst those of a very low 

 order excel, in the minds of the vulgar, in its very violation. 



Let me give you an example of one of these latter. A little piece of 



Fig. 5. 



rock here, or a tiny bush there, two stones placed together and another 

 not far off. A winding road which leads to nowhere, cropping up at un- 

 expected intervals, serves to offer some foundation for travellers who are 

 seen to keep a most regular and respectful distance from each other. A 

 little to the right is a placid stream of water, with a wonderful lot of 

 rushes of isolated growth and " pot-hook " form. A man in a boat adds 

 life to this portion, whilst a bridge, at no remote distance, affords a 

 vantage ground for one on fishing bent. It would be hard for these poor 

 souls to be far away from any source of refreshment, so a kindly hand 

 erects an inn, and finds a landlord too. You have often seen him. He 

 is most generally to be observed at the door, whilst his wife leans out at 

 the window. Two cows in marching order, single tile, one red the other 

 white, go, together with a black horse, to complete the list of all the 

 bodies terrestrial. The prospect beyond is of great variety ; heathery 



