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lent Turk, who inhabits a country where 

 property is not endeared, nor its value en- 

 hanced by security. 



Notwithstanding this instance from a 

 foggy climate, I imagine the fear of damp- 

 ness would be one of the principal reasons 

 which the owner, or the improver would 

 allege, for not admitting large trees in the 

 foreground of a real habitation, though the 

 painter may place them near an imaginary 

 building. But the number of trees which 

 an inhabitant of Holland, without fear of 

 inconvenience, plants close to his house, is 

 by no means necessary to picturesque 

 composition : a very few, even a single 

 tree, may make such a break, such a 

 division in the general view, as may an- 

 swer that end ; and most certainly will 

 not make any great addition to the 

 dampness. 



A second objection which improvers will 

 naturally make, is, that trees must obstruct 

 the view from the windows. In regard to 

 their being obstructions, or considered as 

 such, that will partly depend upon the 



