SECTION VIII. 



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DISTANT FOEJiST SCBNEEY. 



\JIE permanent beauties of a distant 

 woody scene arise, first, from its 

 form. There is as mucli variety 

 in the form of a distant ivood as 

 in that of a single tree. We 

 sometimes see continuous woods 

 stretching along the horizon without 

 any break. All seems of equal growth ; 

 the summit of the wood is contained 

 under one straight line. This, except in very 

 remote distance, is formal, heavy, and dis- 

 gusting. The shape of distant woods is then 

 only picturesque when it is broken by a varied 

 line. This variation is, in some degree, occa- 

 sioned by the different sizes of trees ; but as the 



