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each other. A hollow in certain situations has been 

 mentioned as a disagreeable interruption to a con- 

 tinued surface ; but filled with wood, the heads of the 

 trees supply the vacancy ; the irregularity is preserved ; 

 even the inequalities of the depth are in some meas- 

 ure shown, and a continuation of surface is provided. 

 Rising ground may, on the other hand, be in appear- 

 ance raised still higher, by covering it with wood, of 

 humble growth toward the bottom and gradually 

 taller as it ascends. An additional mark of the 

 inclination of falling ground may also be obtained 

 by placing a few trees in the same direction, which 

 will strongly point out the way; whereas plantations 

 athwart a descent, bolster up the ground, and check 

 the fall; but obliquely crossing it, they will often di- 

 vert the general tendency; the ground will in some 

 measure assume their direction, and they will make 

 a variety not a contradiction. Hedges, or continued 

 plantations, carried over uneven ground, render the 

 irregularities more conspicuous, and frequently mark 

 little inequalities which would otherwise escape ob- 

 servation: or if a line of trees run close upon an 

 edge of an abrupt fall, they give it depth and impor- 

 tance. By such means a view may be improved ; by 

 similar means in more confined spots, very material 

 purposes may be answered. 



"Though the surface of the wood when commanded 

 deserves all these attentions, yet the outline more 

 frequently calls for our regard ; it is also more in our 

 power; it may sometimes be great, and may always 



