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Let us, on the contrary, imagine our- 



selves placed in a valley surrounded with 



thickets, and through which flows a tranquil 



stream. Here the scene changes ; and the 



view is agreeably diversified by the verdure 



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of the trees. If we contrast in imagination 

 a grove of venerable oaks clothing a rising 

 i^i'uiiiMl, with rows of poplars planted along 

 the banks of the river ; if, at the base of 

 the declivity, we place a hedge of walnut, 

 interspersed with aspen and birch trees ; 

 these will contribute to embellish the land- 



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scape. 



It will still further tend to heighten the 

 effect, if we suppose the water of the river 

 sufficiently calm and unruffled to reflect, as 

 from a mirror, the verdant and umbrageous 

 poplars which fringe its borders. The eye 

 M-ill then experience equal pleasure from 

 the view of the heavens, and from that of 

 the earth. 



Herds of cattle quietly grazing in the 

 luxuriant pasturage; while the sportive lambs 



bound 



