88 The Art of Landscape Gardening 



spectator, a, in looking on the lower water, will see the 

 trees, e, reflected on its surface, because the line of reflec- 



A 



Fig. II. 



tion passes through them, and not over them, as in the 

 first instance. 



There are other circumstances belonging to reflection 

 on the surface of water which deserve attention, and 

 of which the landscape gardener should avail himself 

 in the exercise of his art. Water in motion, whether 

 agitated by wind or by its natural current, produces 

 little or no reflection; but in artificial rivers, the quiet 

 surface doubles every object on its shores, and for this 



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Fig. 12. 



reason I have frequently found that the surface could 

 be increased in appearance by sloping its banks: not 

 only that which actually concealed part of the water 

 but also the opposite bank; because it increased the 

 quantity of sky reflected on the surface. 



Example. The spectator at a [Fig. 12] sees the sky 

 reflected only from b to c, while the opposite bank is 



