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to lovers of painting, but prevails among 

 nations of very opposite characters, and as 

 opposite climates. 



The Turks, it is well known, are by their 

 religion forbidden to cultivate the art of 

 painting, and have been constantly at Avar 

 with all the fine arts ; but their love of 

 trees near their houses is carried to a de- 

 gree of passion and reverence, of which 

 many singular instances have been related 

 by travellers. It may be said, that in a 

 warm and dry climate, such a passion is 

 not at all surprising : the same objection, 

 however, cannot be made to instances from 

 Holland, where the detached houses are 

 frequently half surrounded by trees, where 

 the canals are regularly planted with them, 

 and their boughs (which at Amsterdam are 

 never trimmed up,) come close to the win- 

 dows. It is clear therefore that the indus- 

 trious Dutchman, who employs every foot 

 of the territory which with so much labour 

 and expence has been rescued from the 

 $ea, is no less fond of them than the indo- 



