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easily determine where and how he can make alLcra lions 

 and improvements. He will then excavate along the new 

 margin, until he makes the water line (as shown by the 

 instrument) penetrate to all the various bays, inlets, and 

 curves of the proposed lake. In making these irregular 

 variations, sometimes bold and striking, at others fainter 

 and less perceptible, he can be guided, as we have already 



FIG. 19. POND SHORE PLANTED WITH IRIS, ETC. 



suggested, by no fixed rules, but such as he may deduce 

 from the operations of nature on the same materials, or by 

 imbuing his mind with the beauty of forms in graceful and 

 refined art. In highly polished scenery, elegant curves and 

 graceful sweeps should enter into the composition of the 

 outline; but in wilder or more picturesque situations, more 

 irregular and abrupt variations will be found most suitable 

 and appropriate. 



