On Water in Ornamental Scenery. 



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and where the adjacent ground-work supports a character in 

 unison : — 



" While from aloft the bursting torrents flow, 

 As deep recoiling surges foam below ; 

 Prone o'er the rocks the whitening sheet descends, 

 And viewless Echo's ear astonish'd rends." 



In the disposal or formation of ornamental water, the banks 

 must be a particular feature in producing the character re- 

 quired ; on these much depend as to the general effect of the 



subject; and much judgment is essential to their well and ap- 

 propriate disposal. To some situations the gentle curved line 

 would be best adapted ; to others a partial flat on one side, 

 with perhaps a decided irregularity on the other; and some- 

 times the precipitous and towering bank, in parts overhang- 

 ing, would give contrast and effect. The undulating curved 

 line may be introduced, where a continuity of a flat piece of 

 water is visible, or where an irregularity of outline in the dis- 

 tant scenery is manifest, and where any high and much pro- 

 jecting forms in the foreground cut the irregularity of the 

 distance, then the opposition of the curved line will be more 

 particularly requisite and truly in harmony. A partial flat in 

 parts is frequently desirable, to give a view to the more inter- 

 esting portions of a piece of water, to be seen from the resi- 

 dence, or any other conspicuous point of view, as well as 

 sometimes being in contrast to the precipices of another por- 

 tion of the bank; and sometimes, where a river is much covered, 

 a flat surface might in parts afford a view of some distant 

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