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SECTION VIII. 



TREATMENT OF WATER. 



Beautiful effects of this element in nature. In what cases it is desirable vo attempt the 

 formation of artificial pieces of water. Regular forms unpleasing. Directions for the 

 formation of ponds or lakes in the irregular manner. Study of natural lakes. Islands 

 Planting the margin. Treatment of natural brooks and rivulets. Cascades and water- 

 falls. Legitimate sphere of the art in this department. 



The dale 



With woods o'erhung, and shagg'd with mossy rocks, 

 Whence on each hand the gushing waters play, 

 And down the rough cascade white-dashing fall, 

 Or gleam in lengthened vista through the trees. 



THOMSON. 



H E delightful and captivating effects of 

 water in landscapes of every description; 

 are universally known and admitted. 

 The boundless sea, the broad full river, the dashing noisy 

 brook, and the limpid meandering rivulet, are all possessed 

 of their peculiar charms ; and when combined with scenes 

 otherwise finely disposed and well wooded, they add a 

 hundred fold to their beauty. The soft and trembling 

 shadows of the surrounding trees and hills, as they fall 

 upon a placid sheet of water the brilliant light which the 

 crystal surface reflects in pure sunshine, mirroring, too, at 

 times in its resplendent bosom, all the cerulean depth and 

 snowy whiteness of the overhanging sky, give it an almost 



