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ever delightful in Italy, or Perfia, is here 
judicioufly exchanged for the open grove, and 
the moiflure of grafs for gravel. The tonfure 
of trees is alfo laid afide not only as impairing 
their beauty, but alfo, as thickening their (hade, 
more than would be neceffary or agreeable, 
where a free intercourfe of air is fo requifite, 
to difpel damps and exhalations. Fountains, 
on the fame account, are laid afide, and we 
are content with the natural current of dreams, 
which exhale lefs moifture, [and produce lefs 
cold, than water fpouted into the air by the 
fantaftic, but lefs beautiful difbribution of it by 
a jet d’eau; The gardens, or pleafure grounds, 
in our country, are likewife very properly of 
much larger extent, than thofe in hot climates. 
Pleafure, in the latter, is always combined with 
fomewhat of indolence and inaction; in the 
former, it is connected with exercife and activity. 
A large l'cope of ground, therefore, that afforded 
opportunity for the latter, would be more con¬ 
formable to the genius of the people, as well 
as to the climate in which the luxurious indul¬ 
gence, fo delightful when the heat is intenfe, 
could very feldom be fafely pradlifed. On the 
whole, I am inclined to believe, that notwith- 
ftanding our want of the ornaments proper for 
hot climates, in our gardens and pleafure 
grounds. Great Britain is capable of afford¬ 
ing more real and genuine beauty in views of 
this 
