the ground) a variation in the line, which 



forms the fummit, will be fufficient. 



As a large tra<5l of wood requires a few 



large groups to connect it gently with the 



plain ; fo thefe large groups themfelves require 



the fame fervice from a fmgle tree, or a few 



trees, according to their fize. 



Thefe obfervations refpect chiefly the vaft 



fcenes of nature, which are but little under 

 the controul of art. While they aflift us 

 however in judging of the natural fcene, they 

 are in many refpects applicable to the em- 

 bellifhed one. To the painter's ufe, they are 

 moft adapted ; whofe bufinefs it is to introduce 

 his trees in the happieft manner ; whether 

 he fpread them over his canvas in vaft woods j 

 or break them into fmaller, or larger com- 

 binations. 



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