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better forms than can be made with the 

 spade : where, however, no such varieties of 

 surface are to be met with, they should be 

 created, by depositing the earth from the ex- 

 cavation, so as to give different degrees of 

 elevation to the different points or promon- 

 tories of the banks or shores of the river or 

 the lake. A pool is a small lake. 



The placing of these points or promon- 

 tories will be decided from the principal sta- 

 tions from whence they are to be seen, so as 

 not to be hereafter hidden by any mass of 

 wood, or groups of trees, that may be judged 

 essential to the general composition. It is 

 desirable that these promontories should be 

 marked with as bold a variety as the character 

 and circumstances of the scene will warrant ; 

 and this boldness of contrast will be more 

 easily effected, where the aid of trees (either 

 existing, or to be planted) can be obtained, as 

 it is easier to hide the junction of the created 

 promontory with the ground beyond, than to 

 unite them with good effect. The planting, in 

 such cases, should consist mainly of the lower 

 growths ; as they would more immediately, 

 and more effectually, hide the junction of 

 the artificial hillocks with the natural ground. 



