396* PICTURESQUE IMPROVEMENT. BOOK I. 



There is one variety of waterfall which may occasionally be 

 seen in nature, and is well worthy of imitation; though, so far 

 as I know, it has never yet been attempted. It is where a small 

 rivulet or rill, at its junction with a river or brook, falls over a 

 rock in one small sheet. At Matlock Bath, the noise of a small 

 waterfall of this kind forms one of the finest circumstances of 

 the scenery about that place; — borne upon the breeze, its grate- 

 ful harmony meets the ear in almost every part of the adjacent 

 scenery, in murmurs as varied as their passages through woods 

 and open glades, along the surface of the Dove, under the echo- 

 ing cliffs of the Tor, or ascending the heights of Abram. This 

 remarkable effect, produced by such a small quantity of water, 

 ought to be the greatest encouragement to such as possess brooks 

 or rivulets, as few cases can occur where it may not be imi- 

 tated ; not indeed with such remarkable success, because the sur- 

 rounding scenery may not be so varied, but still with such an 

 effect as would amply compensate for the expence, which in 

 every case could be but trifling. At Machany I propose to 

 introduce one, which will have no inconsiderable murmur; and 

 at Barnbarrow one will be seen from the portico (shewn in Plate 

 XIV.) falling over a high rock, on the top of which stands an old 

 ivied tower — its murmurs will resound through the woods, and 

 even the apartments of the house, and give an air of enchant- 

 ment to that fine old place, of which no drawing or description 

 can give an adequate idea. 



