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are the circumftances which make the love 

 of profpe&s a natural propenfity, indepen- 

 dently of their beauty ; it was therefore un- 

 neceflary to apologize for making life of 

 too llrong an exprefiion, when you called 

 curiofity an inherent pafiion of the human 

 mind. That pafllon will very naturally ac- 

 count for the vifitors at Matlock having done 

 what you, and I, and every one in the. fame 

 fituation, would probably have done ; but 

 why this confideration fhould have con- 

 firmed you in your opinion, that painting, 

 and gardening are lefs intimately related 

 than you at firft conceived them to be, it is 

 difficult to guefs. 



Thefe two arts, according to a very ufual 

 figure, I had called fifters ; but I can have 

 no objection to adopting your idea, and 

 calling them hufband and wife ; for the union 

 is ftill clofer. You have not, indeed, afligned 

 to your new-married couple their refpeclive 

 fexes, but I can have no doubt about them, 



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