behind the woody bank ; while the fun finking 

 in the weft, throws a fplendor upon the trees, 

 which feen to fuch advantage againft the 

 darknefs of the hemifphere, fhews the full 

 effect of light, and (hade. 



In winter, the ifland is generally of an 

 indiftinct, grey hue : but in fummer, when 

 the evening-fun gets more to the north, it's 

 declining ray ftrikes the diftant cliffs, and 

 broken grounds of the ifland-fhores, and 

 gives them a great refplendency. As thefe 

 broken grounds run behind the town, the 

 effect of the chimnies, and houfes, when feen 

 in fhadow againft the warm tints of the ifland- 

 fhores, is often very picturefque ; much more 

 fo, than when the fun throws it's light upon 

 them. And here we fee exemplified a truth 

 in landfcape, that light breaks a town into 

 parts fhews it's poverty and difftpates it's 

 effect : whereas all the parts of a town feen 

 'in fhadow, are blended together, and it be- 

 comes one grand object. This effect is beft 

 feen under a ftrong meridian-fun, in winter. 

 T fpeak however chiefly of towns in the fitu- 

 ation of this, placed along the ridge of an 

 eminence, and about a mile from the eye. In 

 remote dijlance^ a ray of light thrown upon a 



town 



