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cafioned, this avenue hath loft much of it's 



beauty. The reader will {till remember, 



that when in the early part of this work*, I 

 confidered the maladies of trees as a fource of 

 pifturefque beauty, I meant it only with regard 

 to individuals placed in particular circumftances. 

 Here, where we are contemplating the beauties 

 of what mould be a rich foreft-fcene, if they 



are numerous, they are out of place. It'muft 



however be addedj that altho thefe changes are 

 continually happening among the ancient oaks 

 of the foreft ; yet as young trees are growing 

 old, nature is alfo continually working up new 

 fore-grounds to her landfcapes ; tho it is a much 

 eafier bufmefs to deform, than to re/lore. 



In the diftant fcenery of the foreft indeed, 

 where efFecl depends on vaft combinations of 

 trees, and may be produced even from the 

 inferior kinds, the inroads of the axe are lefs 

 obferved. Tho the choiceft oaks therefore may 

 be removed ; yet if a fufficiency of meaner trees 

 is left, no considerable change will happen, for 

 many years, in the diftant landfcapes of the 

 foreft. The lawns, and heaths, in which it's 



* See vol. i. page 8. 



x 3 greateft 



