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Thus far the fources of incidental beauty are 

 all derived from milder Jkies. But the turbu- 

 lence of the atmofphere is ftill a more fruitful 

 fource of pi&urefque effect, in the foreft, as 

 in other fcenes. Unaided indeed by fun-mine 

 the ftorm has little power. But when the 

 force of the tempeft feparates the clouds into 

 large, dark, convex forms; and the rays of 

 the fun ftream from behind them athwart a 

 clear horizon, if the objects correfpond, a very 

 fublime picture is exhibited. 



No mafter was better acquainted with thefe 

 circumstances than the younger Vandervelt. 

 In all his fea-ftorms he avails himfelf of 

 them ; and is remarkable for the grand 

 maiTes of light, and made, which he pro- 

 duces. 



The land-ftorm is equally a fource of 

 beauty. When the tempeft fcowls over the 

 foreft, as we traverfe it's deep recefles, what 

 grandeur do the internal parts of it receive 

 from the cafual ray darting upon them ! Or 

 when we view it as a diftant object, and fee 

 the ftorm blackening behind the trees ; with 

 what wonderful effect does the fun, in an 

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