PICTURESQUE IMPROVEMENT. 



BOOK I. 



SECT. III. OF THE FLEETING OR ACCIDENTAL MATERIALS 



OF LANDSCAPE. 



These are numerous, varied, and interesting, though not often 

 within the controul of the improver. They may be included 

 under animated nature, moving objects, and changing ele- 

 ments. Even the larger classes of animals have each their ap- 

 propriate scenery. Deer suit the extensive mountain, and fo- 

 rest-like park; horses the sweeping and extensive plain; sheep 

 the rich lawn; cattle the meadow; asses the forest dingle; 

 goats the rocky steep, &c. The hare suits best the sequestered 

 glade, and the rabbit the naked or broken surface. — The shining 

 trout, the clear rill; the pike, the dark and deep pool; and 

 the eel, the muddy bottom. Even the different species of the 

 winged tribe frequent each its peculiar scene or style of coun- 

 try, and has each its peculiar food*, from the eagle of Glencoe 

 and Inverary, to the large raven of Gleneagles; the linnet of 

 the furzy hills of Braid, to the woodlark of Levensgrove, or the 

 heavenly nightingale of Persneld. Every species of singing bird, 

 and all sorts of game, ought to be encouraged as much as pos- 

 sible about a residence, by planting such trees, shrubs, or 



* See Introduction to Agriculture ; article, Animated Nature. 



