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The same reflection, which before oc- 

 curred in describing the immediate banks, 

 again occurs on a more extended scale ; 

 namely, that this method, which can give 

 such diversity to an absolute flat, is, if 

 possible, still more useful where there are 

 slight inequalities in the midst of a large 

 space of lawn. A few forest trees placed 

 on such small swellings, look -meagre and 

 scattered; a number of them heavy and 

 uniform ; and neither of them mark or ac- 

 cord with the character of those lesser 

 risings: but the- 'lower and more bushy 

 plants, both agree with the size of such 

 swellings of ground, and humour and cha- 

 racterize their undulations; while a few of 

 the larger trees mix,ed with them, give va- 

 riety and consequence to the general out- 

 line. These massive, yet diversified planta- 

 tions, form divisions and compartments 

 on which the eye can dwell with pleasure; 

 they vary, without stuffing up, the large 

 uninteresting spaces of which lawns and 

 parks are too often composed, and from 

 which arises that bare and meagre same- 



