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quently found in common roads, foot-paths, &c. and which 

 being cafually produced appears to be the general curve of 

 nature. 



The reft of the book -is employed in minutely defcribing 

 the method of making funk fences, and other neceiTary divi- 

 fions of the pleafure-ground or lawn from the adjacent field 

 or park ; a part of the art which is of moft eflential confe- 

 quence, and which is frequently very difficult both to deiign 

 and execute. 



The drynefs of this part of the fubjecT: led me to enliven 

 the book with a concluding Epifode, and alfo to throw into 

 other places of it as much as I could of poetical embellim- 

 ment ; in one inftance perhaps improperly, becaufe I have 

 found it has generally been blamed. It is the apoftrophe 

 which I have made to the Genius or Mufe of Painting, when 

 I am about to teach the heft colour for concealing upright 

 fences. It has been faid, " Why all this parade about daub- 

 ing a rail ?" Now, though I believe I might defend myfelf by 

 the practice of my Mailers in Didadlic Poetry, who frequently 

 ;by fuch apoftrophes endeavour to beftow confequence on little 



G 2 matters, 



