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ley were taken away; because, while the belt remained, we 

 might suppose it concealed some unsightly object; or, that no- 

 thing existed beyond it deserving a place in the landscape; but 



now we 



P< 



feat 



whose beauty 



h Y 



no means in 



eased by being partially concealed. 

 The sketch, N° 1, represents the opening made in a belt, in 



; but the 



which the Pagoda at Kew forms a striking object 



sketch differs 



derably from the original 



th 



e 



pectat 



in 



the former is supposed to be stationary, but in the latter, when 



th 



he changes his position, the Pagoda is alternately hid by 



e 



fo 



trees, which are 



sketch 



pposed to be taken away in the 



2; and every one must be sensibl 



requires to 



e 



mad 



e 



th 



that the opening 



us 



from impediment 



incum 



brance: the distance may then be decidedly separated from the 

 foreground. These two sketches also serve to elucidate another 

 remark: the ofFskip, or distant country, must either be seen over 

 or under those objects which constitute the foreground; here ad- 

 Vantage is taken of both; in the larger opening it is shewn over 



and in the other 



D intervening copse, or mass of brushwood 

 it appears through the stems of tall trees, 



branches. 



and 



Such opening 



mder th 



5 



too artificially mad 



if not too frequently repeated 



or 



stroying the continuity of wood 



will improve the landscape, without de 



d of walk with 



the same 



But in these sketches another effect is hinted, hy breaking th 



line of clipped fen 



partly by a few thorns planted befor 



d partly by suffering some bushes in the bed 



it 



> 



this will render th 



walk 



?e to grow taller; 

 more interesting than in its present 



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