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furveying from Caftle-Malwood, a fog, or 



mift can never introduce any great niifchief. 



It comes gradually on -, and therefore only 



gradually obfcures. It is the chafm, which 



occafions the blank. At the fame time, not- 



vvithftanding the iiland is not gradually conneBed 



with the other parts of the country, the land- 



fcape lofes in no other modification of the 



atmofphere. If the mift be more general, fo 



as to obfcure not only the ifland, but the 



town alfo, and in proportion the nearer parts 



of the view, the effed; is often beautiful. The 



woods of the eailern bank being obfcured, 



the firs of the lawn ftanding much nearer, 



rife ftrongly in oppofition : the eye is pleafed 



with the contraft ; while the imagination is 



pleafed alfo with diving into the obfcurity, 



and forming it's own objects. 



The line alfo which the high grounds of 

 the iiland form upon the ilcy, is fometimes 

 ftrong, and fometimes faint ; fometimes alfo 

 a part of it is broken, or intercepted by 

 clouds, which gives a contraft to the other 

 part. 



Again, the mift is fometimes fo light, that 

 it removes the iiland feveral leao^ues farther 



o 



from the eye : yet ftill the landfcape partaking 

 of the general ejj'eB, preferves it's harmony. 



Sometimes 



