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view to improvement, the intention is often 

 fruftrated. It muft be done artfully, and con- 

 fiderately, or in general, your defign will be 

 apparent and the eye difgufted. The mafter of 

 the fcene himfelf, who is always on the fpot, 

 and examines it frequently from every ftand, if 

 he be a man of tafte, will be the beft improver, 

 and direct the felling axe with moft judgment. 

 At the fame time, we frequently fee trees cut 

 down carelefsly, for the purpofe of utility, 

 which have opened greater beauties, than any 

 they pofTefTed themfelves when ftandingj tho 

 the preconceived lofs of them was greatly la- 

 mented, But this can only happen where trees 

 abound. 



I fhall conclude this enumeration of the 

 incidental beauties belonging to foreft-fcenery, 

 with an appendage, which we frequently 

 fee in it that of a timber-wain, an object 

 of the mofl picturefque kind, efpecially when 

 drawn by oxen. Here the tree when dead, 

 adorns again the landfcape, which it adorned 

 when living. A gilded chariot is an object, 

 which art has induftrioufly tricked out, and 

 decorated. It is of a piece therefore with 



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