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variety of openings, of inlets, of glades, of 

 forms of trees, &c. The rudeness of many 

 such scenes might be softened by a judi- 

 cious style and degree of clearing and 

 smoothing, without injuring, what might 

 be successfully imitated in the most po- 

 lished parts, their varied and intricate 

 character. 



Lawns are very commonly made by 

 laying together a number of fields and 

 meadows, which are generally cleared of 

 every thing but the timber. When the 

 hedges are taken away, it must be a great 

 piece of luck , if the trees which were in them, 

 and those which were scattered about the 

 open parts, should so combine together, as to 

 form a connected whole. The case is much 

 more desperate, when a layer out of grounds 

 has persuaded the owner, 



To improve an old family seat, 

 By lawniug a hundred good acres of wheat ; 



for the insides of arable grounds have sel- 

 dom any trees in them, and the hedges 

 but few ; and then clumps and belts are 

 the usual resources.. 



