SECTION V. 



As the glen is fometimes found in the 

 country we are about to defcribe; it was 

 neceflary juft to mention it as a diftinft 

 fpecies of woodland fcenery : yet as it it not 

 one of it's common features, we (hall dwell no 

 longer upon it; but haflen to the open grove. 

 The open grove is compofed of trees arifing 

 from a fmooth area ; which may confift either 

 of pines, or of deciduous trees. I have 

 feen beautiful groves of both. The pine- 

 grove will always be dry, as it is the peculiar 

 quality of it's leaves to fuck up moifture : but 

 in lightnefs, variety, and general beauty, the 

 deciduous-grove excels. If indeed you wifh 

 to compofe your grove in the gloomy ftile, the 

 pine-race will befl ferve your purpofe. 



The open-grove feldom makes a piclurefque 

 appearance. In diflant fcenery indeed it may 



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