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was ever thought of, all the varieties of 

 smooth turf, of broken ground, of coves, 

 inlets, projections, islands, are often form- 

 ed; while the heath, broom, furze, and 

 low bushes, which vary the summit, are in 

 proportion to the scale of the whole: 

 and that whole is a lake in miniature of 

 transparent water, surrounded by the most 

 varied banks. I have often thought, that 

 if such a gravel pit with clear water were 

 near a house, the banks of it might, with 

 great propriety and effect, be dressed with 

 kalmeas, rhododendrons, azaleas, andro- 

 medas, &c. without any shrub too large for 

 its scale; and that so beautiful a lake in 

 miniature might be made, with every thing 

 in such exact proportion, as to present no 

 bad image of what one might suppose to 

 be a full-sized lake in Liliput. 



But there are likewise other pools on 

 a scale equally diminutive, the character 

 of which forms a singular contrast to such 

 as I have just mentioned : for as in those 

 one part of the beauty arises from the pro- 

 portion between the size of the water and 



