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With refpect to proportion^ the detached 

 group muft not incroach too much on the 

 dignity of the wood, it aids ; but muft 

 obferve a proper fubordination. A large tract 

 of country covered with wood, will admit 

 feveral of thefe auxiliary groups of different 

 dimenfions. But if the wood be of a {mailer 

 fize, the groups alfo muft be fmaller, and 

 fewer. 



We obferved that in a. Jingle tree, we expected 

 elegance in the parts. In the fmaller groups 

 this idea was relinquifhed, and in it's room we 

 expected a general contrajl in trunks, branches, 

 and foliage. But as the group becomes larger, 

 and recedes in the landfcape, all thefe pleafmg 

 ccntrafts are loft, and we are fatisfied with a 

 general form. No regular form is pleafing. 

 A group on the fide of a hill, or in any 

 fituation, where the eye can more eafily inves- 

 tigate it's fhape, muft be circumfcribed by an 

 irregular line ; in which it is required that 

 the undulations both at the bafe, and fummit 

 of the group mould be ftrongly marked; as 

 the eye probably has a diftinct view of both. 

 But if it be feen only on the top of a hill, or 

 along the diftant horizon, (as in thefe fituations 

 the bafe is commonly loft in the varieties of 



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