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also ftual'the tints of vegetation, of brokeii 

 soily amd of the sky, which are revived in it. 

 AW these circumstances give a surprising 

 richness and harmony to every thing with- 

 in* the 1 field of vision ; the water being as it 

 were the focm in- which that richness- awl 

 harmony are concentered, and whence 

 they again seem to expand themselves on 

 all that surrounds it. In many gentlemen 1 '* 

 places there are opportunities of producing 

 such effects of water with little expence or 

 difficulty, m no part of which a good imi- 

 tation of a lake or river on a large scale, 

 could be rna?de at any expence. There are 

 hollows, for instance, in sequestered 1 spots-, 

 partly surrounded by such banks as I have 

 described, which 1 might easily be made to 

 contain w r ater : there is often a small 

 stream near such a spot,, running without 

 any particular beauty in its own bed, bat 

 which, by an easy change in its course, 

 might be made to fall into the hollow; and 

 thus appear to be, and really become, the 

 source of the still water beneath. These 

 easy and cheap improvements would give 



