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pecuiiarity of thtir skuatioii and of thftr 

 forms, and i'runi the richness of thcii masses, 

 they very much contribute to the effect ol' 

 water, and great use may be made of them 

 by a judicious improver; particularly wlierc 

 the shore is Ionv. 1 have observed a very happy 

 effect fronx them in such low situations 

 towards the extremity of a pool, — that of 

 preventing any guess or suspicion where tlu'; 

 water was to end, although the end was 

 Tcry near. This is an effect which can only 

 be produced b}^ islands, or by such plants 

 as root in the water; for where trees or 

 bushes grow on low ground, however com- 

 pletely they may conceal that ground by 

 hanging over the water, yet we know that 

 the land must be tliere, and that the water 

 must end ; but flags or bull-rushes, l)eing 

 disposed in tufts and groups Wiind each 

 other, do not destroy the idea of its conti- 

 nuation. 



A large uniform extent of water, which 

 presents itself to the eye without any in- 

 tricacy in its accompaniments, requires to 



