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painter ; not only to be acquainted witti 

 the principles, but as far as design goes, 

 with the practice of landscape painting* 

 All that belongs to the embellishment of 

 the scenes round country houses, has of 

 late years been more generally and studi- 

 ously attended to in this kingdom, than in 

 any other: architecture has also met with 

 great encouragement : but however its pro^ 

 fessors may have studied the principles of 

 landscape painting, they have had but lit- 

 tle encouragement tp pursue those studies, 

 or opportunity of connecting them practi- 

 cally with those of their own profession* 

 When a house was to be built, Mr. Brown 

 of course decided with respect to its situa- 

 tion, the plantations that were to accom- 

 pany it, the trees that were to be left 

 or taken down, &c.; the architect there* 

 fore had only to consider how his own de- 

 sign would look upon paper, unconnected 

 with any other objects ; he was no further 

 concerned. 



. Now it seems to me, that if a person 

 merely wants a house of beautiful archi- 



