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most admired for their beauty — and if the 

 manner m which those islands produce that 

 beauty, be by dividing, concealing, and di- 

 versifying what is too open and uniform, 

 — ^tke same cause must produce the same 

 -effect in all water, however the scale may 

 foe diminished ; the same in a pool or a 

 gravel pit, as in an ocean. 



iskinds, though very common in many 

 livers, yet seem (if I may be allowed to say 

 so) moxe perfectly suited to the character 

 of lakes ; and as far as there is any truth in 

 this idea, it is in favour of making the 

 latter our chief models for imitation. In 

 artificial water, the most difficult parts are 

 the two extremities, and particularly that 

 where the dam is placed ; which, from 



" most pleasing prospects in the world. On the left may 

 " be seen many beautiful little islands, that extend a consi- 

 " dcrable way before you : and on the right, an agreeable 

 " succession of small points of land that project a little 

 " way into the water, and contribute, with the islands, to 

 " render this delightful basin calm, and secure from those 

 " tempestuous winds, by which the adjoining lake is fre- 

 " quently troubled." Morse's American Geography, p, 

 127. 



