JiXU CONTENTS. 



Remarks on digging out the soil previous to its being disposed of 2S 



The hanks of a natural river and its varieties analyzed 23 



Such an analysis recommended from the e^cample of painters 25 



Method of imitating such a bank by the placing of the mould • • '27 



And of other objects • 28 



Of the beauty of tints — those of stone and of broken soil 30 



All varied banks, not merely those of water, should be studied by 



the painter and the improver 31 



Reflections on fore-grounds — their general effect, and their 



detail 33 



Arguments for enriching the banks of made-water 35 



Different characters of banks in natural rivers considered, with 



their degrees of richness and variety 36 



Those varieties have never been attempted in made-water — rea- 

 sons fur rhinriing they might be imitated with success 38 



Instance of the close affinity between landscape-painters and 



landscape-gardeners • • • ibid. 



And between those of Mr, Brown's school and house-painters. • • • 39 

 Objection to the style I have recommended, from the danger of 



its producing absurditie- — thut objection obviated 40 



The combinations that might be formed by men of real taste- • • • 42 



Mr. Brown's banks though tame, not simple • - • 45. 



Reasons for having recommended enrichment, and not simplicity 46 



Character of simplicity ' • • 47 



Supposing the country to be perfectly flat, how are the banks to 



be formed ? • 48 



Reflections on Mr. Brown's method in such situations 49 



On continuity of surface in ground, and on the separation and 



connection occasioned by water and its banks • • • 50 



