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SECTION VII. 



HAVING thus taken a view of the inter- 

 nal parts of a foreft; which confift chiefly 

 of fore-grounds ; we fhall now confider the 

 foreft in a light juft the reverfe, as con- 

 fiding chiefly of diftances. In both lights, it 

 is greatly pifturefque ; and only more, or lefs 

 fo in either, as the eye is more pleafed with a 

 clofe, or a difrufive landfcape. 



We fkirt, and penetrate the recefles of the 

 woods for the clofer view, but we frequent 

 the foreft-kwn, and heath, for the diftant one. 

 The beauty of thofe fcenes, (efpecially of the 

 heath, which is a large furface) depends, it is 

 true, in a great degree, on the play, and irre- 

 gularities of the ground ; but chiefly it depends 

 on the furrounding woods. 



The foreft-lawn in iff elf is a mere field. 

 It is only when adorned with the furniture of 

 furrounding woods, that it produces it's effect. 



The 



