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peculiarity of their situation and of their 

 forms, and from the richness of their masses, 

 they very much contribute to the effect of 

 water, and great use may fee made of them 

 by a judicious improver ; particularly where 

 the shore is lo w. I have observed a very happy 

 effect from them in such low situations 

 towards the extremity of a pool, — that of 

 preventing any guess or suspicion where the 

 water was to end, although the end was 

 very near. This-' is an effect which can only 

 be produced by islands, or by such plants 

 as root in the water; for where trees or 

 bushes grow on low ground, however eoni- 

 pletely they may conceal that ground by 

 hanging over the water, yet we know that 

 the land* mast be there, and that the water 

 mmst end ; but flags or bull-rushes, bein<r 

 disposed in tufts and groups behind each 

 other, do not destroy the idea of its conti- 

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A large uniform extent of water, which, 

 presents itself to the eye without any in- 

 tricacy vk its accompaniments, requires to 



