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ftrongeft proof of the clofenefs of that con- 

 nection. Confider only what your procefs 

 is, when you are confulted about the im- 

 provements of a place. One of the firft 

 things you do is to make reprefentations 

 of the principal points, in the ftate in 

 which you find them ; and other reprefen- 

 tations of the ftate in which you hope 

 they will be hereafter. In reality, you 

 make the beft pidlures you can, with the 

 materials you find there; and alfo with 

 thofe frefh ones you mean to employ, and 

 to which time mult give effect. Confider 

 the whole progrefs and aim of your ope- 

 ration, and compare it with that of the 

 painter. 



According to my notions, were a land- 

 fcape painter employed to correct the de- 

 fects of a fcene that the owner wifhed to 

 improve (an employment which, without 

 degrading his profeffion, would ennoble 



your's) 



