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yet on the opposite banks a similarity should 

 constantly prevail, that the identity of the wood 

 may never be doubtful. 



A river between two woods may enter into a 

 view, and then it must be governed by the 

 principles which regulate the conduct and the 

 accompaniments of a river in an open exposure ; 

 but when it runs through a wood, it is never to 

 be seen in prospect. The place is naturally 

 full of obstructions, and a continued opening 

 large enough to receive a long reach would 

 seem an artificial cut. The river must there- 

 fore necessarily wind more than in crossing a 

 lawn, where the passage is entirely free, but 

 its influence will never extend so far on the 

 sides. The buildings must be near the banks, 

 and, if numerous, will seem crowded, being all 

 in one track and in situations nearly alike. 

 The scene, however, does not want variety ; on 

 the contrary, none is capable of more. The 

 objects are not, indeed, so different from each 

 other as in an open view, but they are very dif- 

 ferent and in much greater abundance, for this 

 is the interior of a wood, where every tree is an 

 object, every combination of trees a variety, 

 and no large intervals are requisite to distin- 

 guish the several dispositions. The grove, the 

 thicket, or the groups may prevail, and their 

 forms and their relations may be constantly 



