ARCHITECTURE. 



BOOK I. 



rural scenery. They confer a degree of dignity on every thing 

 around; their simplicity and boldness requires no exertion of 

 the mind to comprehend their form ; and their use is at once 

 perceived ; for still as they shoot up in the horizon, and meet 

 the eye of the traveller as he passes from village to village, they 

 convey pleasing information, and useful moral instruction. 

 They inform us, that we still continue in a civilized country, 

 and among men who live and think as we do ; they remind 

 us of our vows to friendship and love, of our duty to our 

 Creator and our neighbour, and of the final scene of man on 

 earth. 



SECT. II. OF BRIDGES. 



Fitness and utility must prevail in this class of building ; any 

 attempt at combining ornament, and giving it the semblance 

 of use, is sure to be detected, and frequently will destroy 

 greater beauties. This is exemplified in the bridges of Black- 

 friars and Kelso. The power and ingenuity displayed in even 

 the rudest bridges occupy the mind and leave no room for at- 

 tending to mere ornaments. When viewing large bridges, we 

 feel all the force of the power and wisdom displayed in their 

 execution ; a small one ever so tastef ully ornamented, never can 



