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PICTURESQUE IMPROVEMENT, 



BOOK I. 



principles any directions on this head would avail little, and 

 even be liable to censure as too speculative. The man of im- 

 proved taste, and who possesses a competent knowledge of the 

 principles of painting, will think otherwise, and have little need 

 of minute directions; for 



" 'Tis still one principle through all extends, 

 And leads by different ways to different ends." 



CHAPTER IV. 



OP THE SUBJECTS OR PECULIAR SCENES OP PICTURESQUE 



IMPROVEMENT. 



These are generally included under pleasure grounds and 

 park scenery ; but mere nominal distinctions are of little im- 

 portance ; the truth is, that as picturesque beauty is the most 

 exquisite of rural nature, it ought to be more or less attended 

 to in all parts of a residence, the mere internal arrangement of 

 a kitchen garden or farm excluded ; though even in these it 

 may often be attended to in some degree, with no great disad- 

 vantage in regard to utility. Still, however, the wild deer 

 park, or forest scenery, and those parts of the pleasure ground 



