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act propriet}'. A palace can scarcely ever 

 be built close to a grand natural cascade ; 

 and the imitation of such great falls, unless 

 the general scenery correspond with them, 

 is the height of absurdity. Now, the imi- 

 tation of water forced upwards in a column 

 by a subterraneous cause, though one of the 

 most marvellous and mysterious effects in 

 nature, may, in some respects, on that very 

 account, be imitated with less improba- 

 bilitv than a cascade ; for it miuht take 

 place in any spot whatever, and does not 

 necessarily require accompaniments of a 

 particular character, which a cascade does, 

 if meant to appear natural. But, laying 

 aside these considerations, and supposing 

 that there were no example in natural 

 scenery of water forced upwards into the 

 air, but that human ingenuity having dis- 

 covered a power in nature capable of pro- 

 ducing the most brilliant eft"ects,had applied 

 it to the purposes of human luxury and 

 magnificence — I do not see why man should 

 not be allowed to dispose of one element, 

 as of another; of a fluid, as of a solid. 



