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They alfo fay, that the beauty of vegetable nature de- 

 pends, in a great degree, upon an abundant fupply of 

 water; which, at the fame time that it produces variety 

 and contraft in the fcenery, enriches the verdure of the 

 lawns, and gives health and vigor to the plantations. 



Their lakes are made as large as the ground will admit; 

 fome feveral miles in circumference : and they are fo 

 fhaped, that from no fingle point of view all their ter- 

 minations can be feen ; fo that the fpe&ator is always 

 kept in ignorance of their extent. They interfperfe in 

 them many iflands; which ferve to give intricacy to the 

 form, to conceal the bounds, and to enrich the fcenery. 

 Some of thefe are very fmall, fufficient only to contain 

 one or two weeping willows, birch, larch, laburnum, or 

 fome other pendant plants, whofe branches hang over the 

 water: but others are large, highly cultivated, and en- 

 riched with lawns, fhrubberies, thickets, and buildings: 

 or they are rugged, mountainous, and furrounded with 

 rocks and fhoals; being covered with fern, high grafs, 

 and fome ftraggling large trees, planted in the vallies : 



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