rnankind, has a right to more than his 

 forgiveness, when wild thickets are con- 

 verted into scenes of plenty and industry, 

 and when gypsies and vagrants give way to 

 the less picturesque figures of husbandmen 

 and their attendants. 



I believe the idea that smoothness and 

 verdure will make amends for the want of 

 variety and picturesqueness, arises from our 

 not distinguishing those qualities that are 

 grateful to the mere organ of sight, from 

 those various combinations, which through 

 the progressive cultivation of that sense, 

 Ijave produced inexhaustible sources of de- 

 light and admiration. Mr. Mason observes, 

 that green is to the eye, what harmony is to 

 the ear; the comparison holds throughout; 

 for a long continuance of either without 

 some relief, is equally tiresome to both 

 senses. Soft and smooth sounds, are those 

 which are most grateful to the mere sense ; 

 the least artful combination, even that of a 

 third below sung by another voice, at first 

 distracts the attention from the tune; when 

 that is got over, a Venetian duet appears 



