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deicriptions may feem improbable; and the execution of 

 what has been defcribed, in fome meafure impracticable: 

 but thofe who are better acquainted with the Eaft, know 

 that nothing is too great for Eafiern magnificence to 

 attempt^ and there can be few impoflibilities, where 

 treafures are inexhauftible, where power is unlimited, and 

 where munificence has no bounds. 



European artifts muft not hope to rival Oriental 

 fplendor ; yet let them look up to the fun, and copy as 

 much of its luftre as they can, circumftances will fre- 

 quently obftrucl: them in their courfe, and they may 

 often be prevented from foaring high : but their attention 

 fhould conftantly be fixed on great objects ; and their pro- 

 ductions always demonftrate, that they knew the road to 

 perfection, had they been enabled to proceed on the 

 journey. 



Where twining ferpentine walks, fcattering fhrubs, 

 digging holes to raife mole-hills, and ringing never-ceafing 

 changes on lawns, groves and thickets, is called Gardening, 



A a it 



