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comes swift and yet needs to be turned aside lest it 

 break bounds if left free, a sharp bend should be 

 constructed rather than a round one and a steeper 

 shore should signify the conflict. But never follow 

 what our gardeners call 'noble lines.' I suppose 

 the terrain to be the same in both cases. The old 

 practice would give the line of the stream as illus- 

 trated in a; the student of nature will try to make it 

 something like b. 



"Frequently, larger and smaller promontories, as 

 well as deep bays, tend to give the scene a natural 

 appearance, and it is equally effective to vary the 

 height and form of the crown or upper part of the 

 shore. One must be careful to avoid high finish in 

 constructing the slope of the shore in such a way as 

 to betray the artificial work. 



"An exception to this may be made in the case of 

 the pleasure ground, but here also it would be well 

 to strike a middle course between nature and culti- 

 vation. See c for the stiff and d for the more natural 

 bare shore, e for the advantages of variety in the 

 shores on both sides. The plantation supplies what 

 is still lacking and completes the whole by the free 

 play of the overhanging branches. It would hardly 

 be possible to give an entirely natural appearance 

 to an artificial shore without a plantation. 



"If one would like a larger, more lakelike expanse 

 of water, which is especially desirable in the view from 

 the mansion, one should so treat it, partly by means 

 of islands, partly by very deep bays, the limits of 



