with fome cold tint or when the fun rlfes 

 or when it Jhines full at noon or when 

 it fets or laftly, when the day is Jlormy. 

 Each of thefe different ftates of the weather 

 admits much variation : but as it would be 

 endlefs to trace thefe variations into detail, 

 I mall take notice only of the general eff'etfs 

 of each ; and of thefe merely as they affeft 

 the foreft. In other works of this kind I 

 have touched upon thefe fources of incidental 

 beauty, as they affect lakes, and moun- 

 tains*. 



The calm, overcaft, foft, day, fuch as 

 thefe climates often produce in the beginning 

 of autumn, hazy, mild, and undifturbed, 

 affords a beautiful medium ; fpreading over 

 the woods a fweet, grey, tint, which is ef- 

 pecially favourable to their diftant appearances. 

 The internal parts of the foreft receive little 

 advantages from this hazy medium : but the 

 various tuftings of diftant woods, are won- 

 derfully foftened by it ; a/id many a form, 

 and many a hue, which in the full glare 

 of fun-mine would be harm, and difcordant, 



* See obfervations on the Jakes of Cumberland, and High- 

 lands of Scotland. 



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