CONTENTS. XXUl 



The strong attraction of water, and its influence on all around it. 



Its position of great consequence in the view from the house • • 51 

 The banks of a bare natural river, compared with those of Mr. 

 Brown's — alio, supposing them both to be planted and left to 



grow wild 55 ; 



The varieties in the rich but flat banks of a natural river ex- 

 amined 56 



They all may, and should be imitated 59 



On planting the bank* of water 60 



On artificial hillocks, and swellings of ground ••*•;»'• * 71 



Quotation from Mr. Mason, on that subject ibid. 



Ditto from the Abbe de Lille '• • • 75 



On the forms of artificial pieces of water — Reasons for imitating 



a lake rather than a river 76 



Excellent hints may be taken from the forms of water in gravel- 

 pits •••• 78 



Effect of the proportion of objects to the size of water 80 



And of their disproportion — Small pools in wooded scenes- • 81 



Quotation from Mr. Mason ibid. 



On the revival of tints in water — Note on the use of water in 



pictures • 83 



Note on a picture of Titian ibid. 



Many banks spoiled by raising water too high — the effect of 

 torrents descending into a flat — quotation from Macchiavelli 85 



On islands • 86 



Those in Lake Superior — Note from Morse's American Geo- 

 graphy • • • • • ibid. 



The use of islands in disguising the appearance of the head - • • • 88 

 Their own intrinsic beauty • • • • « • ibid. 



