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flickered by a clump of oaks, on the other ; 

 while the fmoke wreathing behind the trees, 

 difperfe, and lofes itfelf, as it gains the fummit 

 of the glen. Or ftill more beautifully perhaps 

 the eye breaks out, at fome opening, into the 

 country ; inriched with all the varieties of 

 diftant landfcape a winding flream plains, 

 and woods melting together and blue moun- 

 tains beyond. 



As an objedl of diftance alfo the woody glen 

 has often a good effedt ; climbing the fides of 

 mountains, breaking their lines, and giving 

 variety to their bleak and barren fides. 



In many places you fee the glen under the 

 hands of improvement ; and when you happen 

 to have a fcene of this kind near your houfe, 

 you cannot well have a more fortunate cir- 

 cumftance. But great care mould be taken 

 not to load it with ornament. Such fcenes 

 admit little art. Their beauty confifts in their 

 natural wildnefs ; and the beft rule is to add 

 little ; but to be content with removing a few 

 deformities, and obftru&ions. A good walk, 

 or a path, there muft be, and the great art 

 will confift in conducing it, in the ealieft and 

 moft natural way to the fpot, where the 



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