fatfummit of it. The woods muft in fome 

 parts approach nearer the eye ; and in other 

 parts retire ; forming the appearance of bays, 

 and promontories. At leaft this is the moft 

 beautiful fhape, in which they appear. Some- 

 times indeed the inequalities of the ground, 

 prevent the eye from feeing the bafe of the 

 wood : for as the bafe is connected with the 

 ground, it is commonly more obfcured than the 

 fummit, which ranges along the iky. 



All fquare, round, picked, or other formal 

 fhapes in diftant woods, are difgufting. 



There mould not only be breaks, but 

 contraft alfo between the feveral breaks of a 

 diftant foreft-fcene. A line regularly varied 

 difgufts as much as an unvaried one. 



Among the permanent beauties of diftant 

 woods, may be reckoned alfo the various kinds 

 of trees, of which they are often compofed. 

 Unlefs the diftance be great, this mixture has 

 it's erFe&, in the variety it produces both in 

 form and colour. Large bodies of fir alfo, 

 and other fpecies of pines, have often a rich 

 appearance in a diftance among deciduous 

 trees : but they muft be Scotch-firs, pinafters, 



clufter- 



