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It is indeed true that novelty and variety may both be 

 attained by tranfplanting the peculiarities of one country 

 to another ; by introducing rocks, cataracts, impending 

 woods, and other parts of romantic fituations, in flat 

 places ; by employing much water where it is rare; and 

 cultivated plains, amidft the rude irregularities of moun- 

 tains : but even this refource is eafily exhaufted, and can 

 feldom be put in practice, without a very great expence. 



The Chinefe are therefore no enemies to (trait lines ; 

 becaufe they are, generally fpeaking, productive of gran- 

 deur, which often cannot be attained without them: 

 nor have they any averflon to regular geometrical figures^ 

 which they fay are beautiful in themfelves, and well 

 fuited to fmall compofitions, where the luxuriant irre- 

 gularities of nature would fill up and embarrafs the parts 

 they mould adorn. They likewife think them propereft 

 for flower-gardens, and all other compofitions, where 

 much art is apparent in the culture; and where it fho.uld 

 therefore not be omitted in the form.. 



Theii 



