tlie most picturesque, and at the same time 

 the most solemn eiiect. 



The last finishing charm of a village- 

 scene, jns of all others, is water ; and though 

 there is no character of water which will not 

 add an interest to whatever is connected 

 with it,yet a brook seems to be that, which 

 most perfectly accords with the scale and 

 character of a village. In the same de- 

 gree also, the simple construction of a foot- 

 bridge which has been already mentioned, 

 formed by flat stones laid on more massy 

 blocks, aijrees with the character of a brook: 

 indeed it generally happens that on a small 

 scale, the rude efforts of inexpCriencexl mau 

 have something; more attractive, and what 

 is very justly called picturesque, thaa 

 that which is done by the more regular 

 process of art; such a bridge, for instance, 

 whether of wood or stone, than one of a 

 small arch. 



Where the country abounds with quar- 

 ries, we often see large flat stonob laid 

 upon others for the purpose of washing, in 



