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character which their own tasteless souls cannot feel, and which 

 they will not allow others to enjoy, in order to indulge the 

 vulgar vanity of displaying the power attached to their office. 



SECT. VII. OF MANUFACTORIES. 



Manufactories are of various sorts; as corn-mills, forges, 

 iron or carron works, cotton works, bleachfields, clothiers' 

 yards, &c. This class of buildings, in general, is highly inju- 

 rious to the beauty of rural scenery ; as, being mostly driven by 

 water, they are constantly placed in the most romantic parts of 

 rivers, as on the Esk in several places between Roslin and 

 the sea, on the Dove, at Matlock, and many other places. 

 ' Forges and iron works have generally the best effect, as at 

 Downton, Colebrookdale, Schawpark, and Carron. Corn mills 

 driven by water are universally pleasing, particularly in ro- 

 mantic scenery. At Southwic and Downton they may be seen 

 very picturesque ; and at Warwick castle, a wheel which drives 

 a corn-mill, seen from the windows of the principal apartments, 

 operates on the mind of a stranger like enchantment. Wind 

 machinery is sometimes pleasing at a distance, as at Yarmouth 

 and Newcastle ; but one great misfortune which attends this 

 class of mills is, that they cannot be grouped with trees. Com- 



