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behind the woody bank ; while the fun finking 

 in the weft, throws a fplendor upon the trees, 

 which feen to fuch advantage againft the 

 darknefs of the hemifphere, fliews the full 

 effed of light, and (hade. 



In winter, the ifland is generally of an 

 indiftin(ft, grey hue : but in fummer, when 

 the evening-fun gets more to the north, it's 

 declining ray ftrikes the diftant chffs, and 

 broken grounds of the inland-lhores, and 

 gives them a great refplendency. As thefe 

 broken grounds run behind the town, the 

 effed of the chimnies, and houfes, when 

 feen in fhadow againft the warm tints of the 

 illand-fliores, is often very pi6turefque ; much 

 more fo, than when the fun throws it's light 

 upon them. And here we fee exemplified a 

 truth in landfcape, that light breaks a town 

 into parts — fliews it's poverty — and diffipates 

 it's effeds : whereas all the parts of a town 

 feen in ftiadow, are blended together, and it 

 becomes one grand objedl. I fpeak however 

 chiefly of towns in the fituation of this, 

 placed along the ridge of an eminence, and 

 about a mile from the eye. In remote dijiance, 

 a ray of light thrown upon a town has 



often a good effed:. Thefe fplendid lights 



of 



