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and as it is naturally lefs rude then the glen, it 

 is therefore more patient of improvement. A 

 feat, or a temple according to the fize, and 

 fituation of the place, may here be a proper 

 ornament. But if the turf be neat (tho we do 

 not often find it fo under trees) or clofe grazed 

 with fheep, or deer, no artificial walks are 

 neceflary. If the fcene command no diftant 

 landfcape ; nor any view of eonfequence at 

 hand, it will require in itfelf, a greater mare 

 of ornament. But ftill fimplicity muft be the 

 leading idea, > One thing is abfolutely necef- 

 fary to compleat the idea of a grove; it's bound- 

 daries fhould be concealed. It is intended 

 for a fequeftered place; and fhould anfwer 

 that idea. 



I remember meeting with an ornamented 

 fcene of this kind, which was very pleafing. 

 The grove extended along the brow of a gentle 

 declivity ; and afiumed from that circumftance, 

 a dark, clofe, gloomy appearance, in it's deeper 

 recefies : tho it's opening on the lawn was 

 light and airy, and agreeably connected with 

 the ground. In the front of the grove flood 

 a rude temple of Pan ; and the lawn being a 

 neat fheep-walk, the whole, tho highly po- 



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