354 GILPIN'S FOEEST SCENERY. 



simple art, and tlie rudeness of its form and 

 materials, is a property wliicli it has in common 

 with the works of Nature. Oxen, too, are more 

 picturesque in themselves than horses. Much of 

 the beauty, however, of this incident arises from 

 its being adapted to the scene. A wain of timber 

 is beautiful in a forest, but would lose much of its 

 beauty in the streets of a town. 



