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being a mere ridge between two levels, is 

 less capable of being varied to any degree 

 by bays and projections, or bv difference of 

 height. The head, therefore, must, in gene- 

 ral, be the most formal and uninteresting 

 part, and that to which a break, or a dis- 

 guise of some kind, is most necessary ; but 

 as it is likewise the place where the water 

 is commonly the deepest, neither a projec- 

 tion from the land, nor an island, can easily 

 be made thereabouts. There are generally, 

 however, some shallow parts at a sufficient 

 distance from one of the sides, and not at 

 too great a distance from the head, where 

 one, or more islands might easily be 

 formed, so as to conceal no inconsiderable 

 portion of the line of the head from many 

 points. In such places, and for such pur- 

 poses islands are peculiarly proper: a large 

 projection from the side of the real bank, 

 might too much break the general line; 

 but by this method, that line would be 

 preserved, and the proposed effect be 

 equally produced. 



It is not necessary that islands should 



