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of that great felf-taught mafler : and fince 

 you have fo judicioufly marked the diftinc- 

 tion betwixt the beautiful and the pic- 

 turefque, they will perhaps difcover, that, 

 where the habitation and convenience of 

 man can be improved by beauty, "pi£tu- 

 " refquenefs" may be transferred to the rag- 

 ged gipfy, with whom " the wild afs, the 

 " Pomeranian dog, and fhaggy goat" are 

 more in harmony, than " the fleek-coated 

 "horfe," or the dappled deer,* which have 

 never till lately been difcovered, when 

 « in groups, to be meagre and fpotty." 



Amidft the feverity. of your fatire on 

 Mr. Brown and his followers, I cannot 

 be ignorant that many pages are directly 

 pointed at my opinions; although with 

 more delicacy than your friend Mr. Knight 



* The continual moving and lively agitation obfervable in 

 herds of deer, is one of the circumstances which painting cannot 

 reprefent; but it is not lefs an object of beauty and cheerfulneis 

 in park fcenery. 



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