0'4 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



gardens ; when their attentive monitor and 

 parent, gradually led them to that train of 

 thought, which had been interrupted by their 

 late visit. 



I have already pointed out to you, my 

 dear children, said he, the relations which 

 subsist betwen the works of nature and the 

 organs of sense, and how a landscape pleases 

 exactly in proportion as all our senses are 

 agreeably affected by it at the same time. 



Let us now suppose ourselves placed 

 upon one of the most beautiful spots in the 

 habitable globe ; or rather let us not recur to 

 suppositions, which the charm of this delight- 

 ful spot renders unnecessary. Let us merely 

 fix our attention upon the surrounding 

 fields, embellished by the active industry of 

 man ; on these gardens, where innumerable 

 flowers seem to vie with each other in fresh- 

 ness and beauty ; on the adjacent country, 

 displaying to our view all the shades of ver- 

 dure; upon the Thames, whose silvery 

 waters, gliding past the spot on which we 



stand, 



