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A diftant foreft-fcene, under this brightened 

 gloom, is particularly rich. The verdure of 

 the fummer leaf, and the varied tints of the 

 autumnal one, are all lighted up with glow-, 

 ing colours. 



The internal parts of the foreft, are not fa 

 happily difpofed to catch the efFeds of a 

 fetting-fun. The meridian ray, we have feen, 

 may dart through the openings at the top, 

 and produce a pifture * : but the flanks of the 

 foreft are generally too well guarded againfr. 

 it's horizontal beams. Sometimes a recefs 

 fronting the weft may receive a beautiful light, 

 fpreading in a lengthened gleam, amidft the 

 gloom of the woods, which furround it : but 

 this can only be had in the out-fkirts of the 

 foreft. Sometimes alib we find in it's internal 

 parts, tho hardly in it's deep recefTes, fplendid 

 lights, here and there, catching the foliage, and 

 running among the branches, which tho in na- 

 ture generally too fcattered to produce an effeft, 

 yet if judicioufly collected, may be beautiful on 

 canvas. 



We fometimes alfo fee in a woody fcene, 

 corrufcations, like a bright ftar, occafioned by 



* See page 253. 



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