fenfible, that were the minds of artifts 

 fuch as thofe I have mentioned, turned to 

 the practical part, the fame feeling and 

 experience which guided them to the 

 happieft choices in their pictures, would 

 equally guide them in nature. How, in- 

 deed, fhould it be otherwife? Such men 

 would quickly fee how groups might beft 

 be improved by cutting down, by pruning, 

 or by planting; they would difcover the 

 whole connection of the different land- 

 fcapes, and make the beft ufe of the ma- 

 terials they found in real nature, juft as 

 they would in transferring them on the 

 canvas. The more you ftudy their works, 

 and the lucky accidents of nature, the. 

 more you will bring your pictures and 

 your places to refemble the variety and 

 connection of their forms, and the union 

 of their tints; and practice will always 

 fuggefl fuch foftenings as fituation may 

 E 2 require, 



