164 



it is apt to lead him into conceits and 

 whims, which lose their novelty after the 

 first surprise. 



X. Contrast supplies the place of no- 

 velty, by a sudden and unexpected change 

 of scenery, provided the transitions are 

 neither too frequent nor too violent. 



XI. Continuity. This seems evidently 

 to be a source of pleasure, from the de- 

 light expressed in a long avenue, and the 

 disgust at an abrupt break between objects 

 that look as if they ought to be united ; 

 as in the chasm betwixt two large woods, 

 or the separation betwixt two pieces of 

 water; and even a walk, which terminates 

 without affording a continued line of com- 

 munication, is always unsatisfactory. 



XII. Association. This is one of the 

 most impressive sources of delight, whe- 

 ther excited by local accident, as the spot 

 on which some public character performed 

 his part; by the remains of antiquity, as 

 the ruin of a cloister or a castle; but 

 more particularly by that personal at- 

 tachment to long known objects, perhaps 

 indifferent in themselves, as the favourite 



