292 Gilpin's forest scenbey. 



an opportunity of introducing a little more variety. 

 The sandy bank mentioned above, the piece of 

 rocky ground, or the winding road, are sometimes 

 found in forests, and are always introduced with 

 good effect. Some of the best of Waterlo's scenes 

 are indebted to these circumstances for their 

 beauty. 



A pool of water, too, is a lucky incident. When 

 it is shrouded with trees, and reflects, from its 

 deep, black mirror the mossy branches of an Oak 

 or other objects in its neighbourhood which have 

 received a strong touch of sunshine, it never fails 

 to please. But it must receive its black hue from 

 clearness. Where a pool is the principal part of 

 a little landscape, the least muddiness or stain 

 from clay or filth of any kind robs it of its 

 beauty. 



' The green mantle of the standing pool,' 



as Shakespeare calls it, hurts the eye, exceedingly, 

 from its ambiguous texture. It possesses neither 

 the character of land nor of water. 



Kor is the cottage, which is often found in the 

 woody scenes of the forest, a circumstance without 



