XXII CONTENTS. 



Remarks on digging out the soil previous to its being disposed of 23 



The hanks of a natural river and its varieties analyzed 23 



Such an analysis recommended from the example of painters w 25 

 Method of imitating such a bank by the placing of the mould • • 27 



And of other objects * • • • • 28 



Of the beauty of tints — those of stone and -of broken soil 30 



All varied banks, not merely those of water, should be studied by 



the painter and the improver 31 



Reflections on fore-grounds— their "general effect, and their 



detail • • 33 



Arguments for enriching the banks of made-water 35 



Pifferent characters of banks in natural rivers considered, with 



their degrees of richness and variety ••••••• 36 



Those varieties have never been attempted in made-water — rea-> 



sons for thinking they might be imitated with success* 38 

 Instance of the close affinity between landscape-painters and 



landscape-gardeners • • « • . , . • • • ibid. 



And between those of Mr. Brown's school and house-painters. • • « 39 

 Objection to the style I have recommended, from the danger of 



its producing absurdities — that objection obviated 40 



The combinations that might be formed by men of real taste* 42 



Mr. Brown's banks though tame, not simple • • • • 45 



Reasons for having recommended enrichment, and not simplicity 46 



Character of simplicity - • • • • • < ■ 47 



Supposing the country to be perfectly flat, how are the banks to 



be formed?* •••••• 1 43 



Reflections on Mr. Brown's method in such situations 49 



On continuity of surface in ground, and on the separation and 

 connection occasioned by water and its banks 5,0. 



