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turefque, from fo lengthened a view of diftant 

 coaft, is to break it, here and there, with 

 plantations, fometimes immediately on the 

 fore-ground, and fometimes in the fecond 

 diftance. And indeed in many parts of the 

 gardens, where fuch portions are intercepted 



by the woods, good pitlures are obtained. 



After all however we muft allow, that nine 

 perfons in ten would be better pleafed with 

 thefe extended views in their prefent amujing 

 Jiatey than if they had been more generally 

 broken in a form to pleafe the piSfurefque 

 eye. Few people can diftinguifh between the 

 ideas of beautiful^ and piBurefqiie : but every 

 eye is pleafed with an cjnujing mew. 



To thefe flickered recefies, which extend 

 even to my garden-gate, I am fo much in- 

 debted, through the indulgence of their be- 

 nevolent owner, for the quiet pleafures of 

 many a ftudious hour, that I fhould gladly 

 enter more minutely into a defcription of 

 them; did not my fubjed, which holds 

 me clofely to the wild fcenes of nature, 

 forbid. Yet there is one fcene, which I 

 cannot forbear mentioning : it is fo nearly 

 allied to nature, that it is clofely allied alfo 

 to my fubjedt. The fcene I mean, is a fmall 

 lake, containing about a dozen acres, which 



has 



