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gloom, nor by strong contrasts of light and 

 shade exhibiting the excess of either. Un- 

 disturbed by an extent of prospects without, 

 or a multiplicity of objects within, they re- 

 tain at all times a mildness of charac- 

 ter, which is still more forcibly felt when 

 the shadows grow faint as they lengthen ; when 

 a little rustling of birds in the spray, the leap- 

 ing of the fish, and the fragrancy of the wood- 

 bine denote the approach of evening ; while the 

 setting sun shoots its last gleams on a Tuscan 

 portico which is close to the great basin, but 

 which, from a seat near this river, is seen at a 

 distance through all the obscurity of the wood, 

 glowing on the banks and reflected on the sur- 

 face of the water. In another still more distin- 

 guished spot is built an elegant bridge, with a 

 colonnade upon it, which not only adorns the 

 place where it stands, but is also a picturesque 

 object to an octagon building near the lake, 

 where it is shown in a singular situation, over- 

 arched, encompassed, and backed with wood, 

 without any appearance of the water beneath. 

 This building, in return, is also an object from 

 the bridge, and a Chinese room, in a little island 

 just by, is another. Neither of them are con- 

 siderable, and the others which are visible are 

 at a distance. But more or greater adventitious 

 ornaments are not required in a spot so rich as 



