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The following fketches of farms will give 

 an idea of their general ceconomy. 



55 ac.co in all 4 young cattle 



50 arable 2 fatting beads 



£.56 rent 1 boy 



4 hoiies 1 labourer. 

 10 cows 



Another, 

 70 acres in all 6 young cattle 



50 arable 30 fheep 



£.65 rent 1 man 



5 horfes 1 boy 



1 2 cows 1 maid 



2 fatting beafts 1 labourer. 



to attempt to defcribe a fcene which beggars all 

 defcription, but that you may have fome faint 

 idea of the outlines of this wonderful picture, I 

 will juft give the particulars of which it coniiits. 



The point on which you ftand is the fide of a 

 large ridge of hills that form the eaftern bounda- 

 ries of the lake, and the fituation high enough to 

 look down upon all the objects : A circumftance 

 of great importance, and which painting cannot 

 imitate : In landfcapes, you are either on a level 

 with the objects, or look up to them ; the painter 

 cannot give the declivity at your feet, which lei- 

 fens the objects as much in the perpendicular line 

 as in his horizontal one. 



You look down upon a winding valley of about 

 twelve miles long, every where inclofed with 

 grounds which rife in i verj bold and various 

 manner •, in Tome place, bulging into mountains, 

 abrupt, wild, and uncultivated j in others, break- 

 ing into rocks, craggy, pointed, and irregular : 



Here, 



