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fake, the clofeft attention, and the utmoft 

 fairnefs and accuracy were required. It 

 is true, I fhould thereby have loft a very 

 great advantage in cafe of a controverfy ; 

 but I fhould by no means regret it, being 

 much more defirous of union than of tri- 

 umph. 



From the time I had firft the pleafure 

 of being acquainted with you, I wiflied to 

 be your ally, not }^our opponent : I flat- 

 tered myfelf, that, having confidered the 

 fame fubject in different lights, and by 

 means of a different courfe, of ftudy, we 

 might have been of reciprocal ufe to each 

 other. I felt great hopes that you might 

 employ your talents (which I thought 

 would naturally lead you that way) in 

 making experiments in landfcape-garden- 

 ing on the principles of landfcape-painting, 

 and of the art of painting in general. Your 

 reputation would have juitified you in 



making 



