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ment it is impoffible they mould produce a 

 mafs of light and {hade. 



Befides, the copfe forms no contrail with 

 the plain ; nor prefents thofe beautiful pro- 

 jections, and recefles, which the fkirts of the 

 foreft exhibit. A copfe is a plot of ground, 

 portioned off for the purpofe of nurturing 

 wood. Of courfe it muft be fenced from 

 cattle ; and thefe fences, which are in them- 

 felves difgufting, generally form the copfe into 

 a fquare, a rhomboid, or fome other regular 

 figure ; fo that we have not only a deformity ; 

 but a want alfo of a connecting tye between 

 the wood and the plain. Inftead of a foftened, 

 undulating line, we have a harm fence. 



The beft effect, which the copfe produces, 

 is on the lofty banks of a river. I have the 

 Wye particularly in my view. In navigating 

 fuch a river ; the deficiences of this mode of 

 fcenery, as you view it upwards from a boat, 

 are loft ; and in almoft every ftate it has a good 

 effect. While it inriches the bank, it's un- 

 couth fhape, unlefs the fence is too much in 

 view, and all it's other unpleafant appearances, 

 are concealed. 



When a winding walk is carried through a 

 copfe, which, as it will grow thin at the 



bottom, 



