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placing it upon them, in order to vary their 

 height and shape, or against them, to form 

 strong projections. The first of these 

 changes is made in most pieces of artificial 

 water, but in so tame and uniform a man* 

 ner, as to have little effect, or variety ; the 

 second method, I believe, has never been 

 attempted. 



In order to keep the whole more distinct, 

 I will begin by considering both the dif- 

 ficulty, and the practicability of breaking a 

 uniform bank into such forms, as when 

 they are accompanied by vegetation, please 

 all eyes in natural lakes and rivers. 



Whenever the shaping of a bank is left to 

 common labourers or gardeners, they of 

 course make it as smooth, and as uniformly 

 sloping as possible. A»y directions to them 

 how to break it irregularly, would only pro- 

 duce the most ridiculous notches, with visi- 

 ble marks of the spade, or the pick-axe ; for 

 even a painter who was used to gardening, 

 could not with his own hand by the im- 

 mediate use of such instruments, produce 

 any thing picturesque or natural. A* art 



