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strictly correspond with the shores either in 

 height or shape ; for there are frequent in- 

 stances in nature, where islands rise high 

 and abruptly from the water, though the 

 shore be low and sloping; and this liberty 

 of giving height to islands may be made 

 use of with particular propriety and effect 

 towards the head ; which usually presents 

 a flat, thin line, but little disguised or va- 

 ried by the usual style of planting. An 

 island therefore (or islands, as the case may- 

 require) in such a situation as I have pro- 

 posed, with banks higher than those of the 

 head, abrupt in parts, with trees projecting 

 sideways over the water, by boldl} 7- ad- 

 vancing itself to the eye, by throwing back 

 the line of the head and shewing only part 

 of it, would form an apparent termination 

 of a perfectly new character ; and so dis- 

 guise the real one, that no one could tell, 

 when* viewing it from the many points 

 whence such island would have its ef- 

 fect, which was the head, or where the wa- 

 ter was likely to end. 

 In forming and planting these islands, I 



