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the clump ; and of course he would order 

 several of them to be placed in the most 

 open and conspicuous spots, with, perhaps, 

 here and there a patch of larches, as form- 

 ing a strong contrast in shape and colour, 

 to the Scotch firs. His eye, which had 

 been used to see even the natural groups 

 of trees in improved places, made as sepa- 

 rate and clump-like as possible, would be 

 shocked to see those of Claude : some with 

 their stems half concealed by bushes and 

 thickets; others standing alone, but by 

 means of those thickets, or of detached 

 trees, connected with other groups of 

 various sizes and shapes. All this rubbish 

 must be totally cleared away, the ground 

 made every where quite smooth and level, 

 and each group left upon the grass per- 

 fectly distinct and separate. 



Having been accustomed to whiten 

 all distant buildings, those of Claude, 

 from the effect of his soft vapoury at- 

 mosphere, would appear to him too in- 

 distinct; the painter of course would be 

 ordered to give them a smarter appear- 



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