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CHAPTER IX. 



1 HAVE endeavoured to the best of my 

 abilities, and according to the observations 

 I have made in a long habit of reflection 

 on the subject, to trace the ideas we have 

 of the picturesque, through the different 

 works of art and nature: and it appears 

 to me, that in all objects of sight, in 

 buildings, trees, water, ground, in the 

 human species, and in other animals, the 

 same general principles uniformly prevail; 

 and that even light and shadow, and co- 

 lours, have the strongest conformity to 



