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every creek and bay, by winding round 

 each promontory, under the projecting 

 boughs, and the steep broken ground, by 

 lying against the soft' verdure, and upon 

 the stony, or gravelly beech, will mark all 

 the characters of the shore; as it will like- 

 wise mark its different heights, by a com- 

 parison with its own level. But where all 

 is to be done by the spade, and the whole 

 ©f the banks to be newly formed, the task 

 is very different : and here it will be the 

 proper place to inquire, by what means 

 the varieties in the banks of natural lakes 

 are produced. I of course suppose, that 

 the improver would wish to have many of 

 those varieties, provided they could be in- 

 troduced without appearing crowded, or 

 affected, and without injuring unity of ef- 

 fect and of character : for if he be content 

 with the unity of monotony, he cannot do 

 better than take Mr. Brown for his guide. 



I think the best method of stating this 

 matter clearly, will be to shew in w T hat 

 manner those natural lakes of which the ge- 

 neral form is pleasing, but which want those 



