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Some of thefe are entire, and executed with the utmoft 

 neatnefs and tafte; others feem in ruins; and others are 

 left half finifhed, and furrounded with fcaffolds, ma- 

 chines, and the whole apparatus of building. 



It is natural for the reader to imagine, that all thefe 

 bridges, with the pavilions, temples, palaces, and other 

 ftru&ures, which have been occafionally defcribed in the 

 courfe of this work, and which are fo abundantly fcat- 

 tered over the Chinefe Gardens, mould entirely diveft 

 them of a rural character, and give them rather the ap- 

 pearance of fplendid cities, than fcenes of cultivated 

 vegetation. But fuch is the judgment with which the 

 Chinefe ar tills fitu ate their ftructures, that they enrich and 

 beautify particular profpects, without any detriment to 

 the general afpecT: of the whole compofition, in which 

 Nature almoft always appears predominant; for though 

 their Gardens are full of buildings, and other works of 

 art, yet there are many points from which none of them 

 appear: and more than two or three at a time are feldom 

 difcovered; fo artfully are they concealed in valleys, 



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