( 5° ) 



left to defire, and a field for the imagination to work 

 upon. 



In their crooked walks, they carefully avoid all fudden 

 or unnatural windings, particularly the regular ferpentine 

 curves, of which our Englifh Gardeners are fo fond; 

 obferving, that thefe eternal, uniform, undulating lines, 

 are, of all things, the moft unnatural, the moft affected, 

 and moft tirefome to purfue. Having nature in view, 

 they feldom turn their walks, without fome apparent 

 excufe; either to avoid impediments, naturally exifting, 

 or raifed by art, to improve the fcenery. A mountain, 

 a precipice, a deep valley, a marfh, a piece of rugged 

 ground, a building, or fome old venerable plant, afford 

 a ftriking reafon for turning afide; and if a river, the 

 fea, a wide extended lake, or a terrace commanding 

 rich profpecls, prefent themfelves, they hold it judicious 

 to follow them in all their windings; fo to protract the 

 enjoyments which thefe noble objects procure: but on a 

 plain, either open, or formed into groves and thickets, 

 where no impediments oblige, nor no curiofity invites to 



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