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also from the tints of vegetation, of brokcc 

 soil, and of the sky, which are revived in it. 

 All these circumstances give a surprising 

 richness and harmony to everj^ thing with- 

 in the field of vision ; the water being as it 

 were the focus in which that richness and 

 harmony are concentered, and whence 

 they again seem to exj^and tliemselves on 

 all that surrounds it. In many gentlemen^ 

 places there are opportunities of producing 

 such eftects of water with little expence or 

 difficulty, in no part of which a good imi- 

 tation of a lake or river on a large scale, 

 could be made at any expence. There are 

 hollows, for instance, in sequestered spots, 

 partly surrounded by such banks as I have 

 described, which might easily be made to 

 contain water : there is often a small 

 stream near such a spot, running without 

 any particular beauty in its own bed, but 

 which, by an easy change in its course, 

 might be made to fall into the hollow; and 

 thus appear to be, and really become, the 

 source of the still water bei^eath. These 

 easy and cheap improvements would give 



