The reign of fummer fcarcely indures three 

 months. The leaves, within that period, 

 begin to change their hue, and give way to 

 autumn ; which prefents an appearance much 

 more picturefque ; and indeed the moft replete 

 with Incidental beauty of any feafon of the year. 

 This is fo evident, that painters have chofen 

 the autumn, with almoft univerfal predilection, 

 as the feafon of landfcape. The leafy furface 

 of the foreft is at that time, fo varied; and 

 the malfes of foliage are yet fo full, that they 

 allow the artift great latitude in producing 

 his tints, without injuring the breadth of his 

 lights. 



The fading, many-coloured woods, 



Shade deepening over fhade, the country round 

 Imbrown ; a varied umbrage, duflc, and dun ; 

 Of every hue, from wan, declining green, 

 To footy dark 



Yet the autumn, in it's wane, is not fo 

 pleafmg. It has too forlorn an afpect. The 

 leaves are withered ; and their tufts fhrivelled, 

 and fhapelefs. This remark however affects 

 trees only at hand. The home-plantation 

 fuffers, where you walk fo near the fading 



tree, 



