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ture exhibits ; but are evidently afFeded by the 

 two furfaces of the mirror, which give them 

 a flatnefs, fomething like the fcenes of a play- 



houfe, retiring behind each other. The 



convex-mirror alfo diminifhes diftances beyond 

 nature, for which the painter fliould always 

 make proper allowance. Or, to fpeak more 

 properly, it inlarges the objecfls in the center, 

 and diminiflies thofe of the extremities. Thus, 

 if you look at your face in a fpeculum of this 

 kind, you will fee your nofe magnified; and 

 the retiring parts of your flice of courfe di- 

 minifhed. 



About a mile beyond the woody fummit 

 we had pafied, we entered another foreft-lawn, 

 which tho very confined, has it's beauty , as 

 all thefe openings mufl have, however con- 

 fined, if furrounded with ancient wood. But 

 about half a mile farther, where the Rumfey, 

 and Salilbury roads divide, another foreft-lawn 

 of much larger dimenfions, prefents itfelf. 

 This is very fpacious, well hung with wood, 

 and (what in all thefe fcenes adds greatly to 

 their beauty) adorned in various parts with 

 woody promontories fliooting into it ; and 



0^2 clumps. 



