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with in improved places, and are now justly rejected by men of taste, as 

 gaudy, affected, and useless. I refer to plates III. VI. VII. XIV., &c. of 

 " Hints and Sketches," and plates V. IX. XIII. XVI. XXV. and 

 XXVII. of « Observations." 



With respect to ground, the author observes, "It is always with reluctance 

 that I advise much alteration in the surface of ground ; because, however 

 great the labour, or expensive the process, it is a part of the art from which 

 the professor can derive but little credit; since his greatest praise must be, 

 that the ground looks, when finished, as if art had never interfered." One 

 would imagine that nothing could be a greater credit to the professor than 

 to have his works of art mistaken for those of nature. This is, however, 

 not the author's opinion: he has recommended occasionally the removal 

 of hills, or their creation ; sometimes a road must ostentatiously be carried 

 round a hill, to display property; at another time a tunnel must be cut 

 through it, to display the art of the professor : I refer to Mulgrave Castle, 

 Michelgrove, &c. 



But water and wood are the grand materials of landscape gardening. 

 All improvement of grounds may be said to depend on their management ; 

 and therefore it is on the author's remarks upon them, that I propose to 

 offer some strictures, in addition to those made in the foregoing parts of 

 this work which treat on these subjects. 



The subject of water is treated at the greatest length in " Observa- 

 tions." The contents of Chap. III. are, Water — it may be too naked 

 or too much clothed — example from West Wycombe. Digression concern- 

 ing the approach — motion of water — example at Adlestrop. Art must 

 deceive to imitate nature — cascade at Thoresby. The rivulet — water at 

 Wentworth described — A river easier to imitate than a lake — A bubbling 

 spring may be imitated — A ferry-boat at Holkham — A rocky channel at 

 Harewood. 



