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PRACTICE OF FORMING 



BOOK II. 



sides of the wooded hills, imbedded on the sides of the dingles ; 

 and scattered fragments, partially covered with mosses and low- 

 growths, will enrich the banks of the water courses ; the broken 

 surface of the ground will shew the different tints of earth, 

 overhung by various wild plants, ferns, and creepers; while 

 deer, goats, wild horses and asses, will be seen sauntering in 

 the woods, skulking among the thickets and bushes, or grazing 

 in the winding glades of forest scenery. In connection with 

 this general style, carry through one of the wooded dells a shady 

 road, which shall ascend to some striking site, where the man- 

 sion is to be erected in a st}de of architecture analogous to the 

 surrounding scenery. Though the general appearance of the 

 whole, and the design of every part, should be romantic, yet in 

 some of the scenes, utility, and in others, beauty, should be the 

 prevailing ideas: the farm, kitchen garden, &c. should still be 

 useful, though tinctured as it were with the romantic ; and the 

 parterre, though more elegant and beautiful than any other 

 part, should still retain so much of the general expression as to 

 remind us of the character of the residence. The beauty that 

 it presents will be a sufficient contrast to the rest of the place, 

 and will consequently strengthen its effects without being it- 

 self an incongruity. It will be to the whole a contrast, but not 

 a contrary or opposite. 



In the foregoing situations, it is supposed that the wishes and 



