so 



of caution on that head ; and the study of 

 pictures, by means of which a taste for 

 such varieties is best acquired, will at once 

 be the incentive, and the corrective ; it will 

 point out many unthought-of varieties and 

 effects, and at the same time will shew in 

 what situations simplicity, in what richness 

 ought to prevail; where, and how they 

 ought to be introduced in succession, so as 

 to give relief to each other. 



When we consider the great beauty of 

 tints, independently of form, and of light 

 and shadow; as likewise the great variety 

 of them which nature does, and conse- 

 quently art may introduce into one scene 

 of a river, and that with the most perfect 

 harmony, and unity of effect — it is quite 

 surprising that they should absolutely have 

 been banished from the banks of artificial 

 water, and from what are meant to be the 

 most ornamented scenes. I am not here 

 speaking of trees or their various tints, of 

 which however little advantage has been 

 taken on the banks of water, though in 

 other places too licentious a use is often 



