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bough in the moft luxuriant, and romantic 

 abundance*. 



Among the moft beautiful appendages of 

 this hanging kind, which we have in England, 

 is the hop. In cultivation it is difagreeable : 

 but in it's rude natural ftate twifting carelefsly 

 round the branches of trees, I know not whe- 

 ther it is not as beautiful as the vine. It's leaf 

 is fimilar ; and tho the bunches of hop, beau- 

 tiful as they are, and fragrant, are not equal 

 to the clufters of the vine j yet it is a more 

 accommodating plant, hangs more loofely, and 

 is lefs extravagant in it's growth. 



In artificial landfcape indeed, where the fub- 

 jecl: is fublime, thefe appendages are of little 

 value. Such trifling ornaments the fcene re- 

 jects. The rough oak, in the dignity of it's 

 fimple form, adorns the foreground better. 

 But in feflive, or Bacchanalian fubjects (if 

 fuch fubjects are ever proper for defcription) 

 when the fportive nymphs, and fatyrs take their 

 repofe at noon, or gambol in the (hade of 

 evening, nothing can more beautifully adorn 

 their retreat, or more charafteriftically mark it, 



* Smollct's Travels, vol. ii. page 46. 



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