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immediately above the water, and some- 

 times little promontories, which would jut 

 out into the lake. Such projections wouhi 

 not long remain bare ; for wherever soil is 

 drifted down and accumulates, vegetation 

 is particularly luxuriant: heath and furze, 

 and, under their protection, trees and 

 bushes will often spring up spontaneously ; 

 and every one must have observed how 

 much more frequently they are found on the 

 sides of gullies and ravines, than on the more 

 open parts of hills, and how much more pic- 

 turesque their effect is in such situations. 



In other places the soil would crumble , 

 away, and the banks be broken, and deeply 

 indented; should there be any rocks or large 

 stones, they, from the same causes, will 

 partially be bared; while the strata of sand, 

 gravel, and of different coloured earths 

 mixed with the tints of vegetation, will in 

 various parts appear. The trees which 

 often grow on the shallow soil above the 

 rocks, will, as they grow old, shew parts of 

 their roots uncovered, and hanging over, or 

 clasping the rocks ; while ivy being guarded 



