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again, as monotony is the parent of mono- 

 tony, so is variety the parent of variety. 

 When by the action of rain and frost, added 

 to that of the water itself, large fragments 

 of mould tumble from the hollowed banks 

 of rivers or lakes, those fragments, by the 

 accumulation of other mould, often lose 

 their rude and broken form, are covered 

 with the freshest grass, and enriched with 

 tufts of natural flowers ; and though de- 

 tached from the bank, and upon a lower 

 level, still appear connected with it, and 

 vary its outline in the softest and most 

 pleasing manner. As fragments of the 

 same kind will always be detached from 

 ground that is undermined, so by their 

 means the same effects may designedly be 

 produced ; and they will suggest number- 

 less intricacies and varieties of a soft and 

 pleasing, as well as of a broken kind. They 

 will likewise indicate where large stones 

 may be placed in the most natural and 

 picturesque manner : for when such stones 

 and fragments of mould are grouped with 

 each other, they not only have a better ef- 



