The art of landscape gardening . e large river than several small lakes; espe-cially as it is much easier to produce the appearance ofcontinuity than of such vast expanse as a lake following sketch [Plate ix] is a view of thescenery presenting itself under the branches of trees,which act as a frame to the landscape. To preserve the idea of a river, nothing is so effect-ual as a bridge; instead of dividing the water on eachside, it always tends to lengthen its continuity by shew-ing the impossibility of crossing it by any other means,provided the ends are well concealed, which is f
The art of landscape gardening . e large river than several small lakes; espe-cially as it is much easier to produce the appearance ofcontinuity than of such vast expanse as a lake following sketch [Plate ix] is a view of thescenery presenting itself under the branches of trees,which act as a frame to the landscape. To preserve the idea of a river, nothing is so effect-ual as a bridge; instead of dividing the water on eachside, it always tends to lengthen its continuity by shew-ing the impossibility of crossing it by any other means,provided the ends are well concealed, which is fortun-ately the case with respect to this water. Although theupper side of the bridge would be very little seen,because the banks are everywhere planted, yet, as thebridge would not be more than fifty yards long, it wouldbe more in character with the greatness of the place tohave such a bridge as would nowhere appear a decep-tion, and in this case the different levels of the water(being only five feet) would never be Theory and Practice ioi The rippling motion of water is a circumstance towhich improvers have seldom paid sufficient generally aim at a broad expanse and depth, notconsidering that a narrow shallow brook in motion overa gravelly bottom is not less an object of beauty andworthy of imitation ; the deep dell betwixt the boat-house and the bridge might be rendered very interestingby bringing a lively brook along the valley; the em-bouchure of this brook should be laid with gravel, toinduce cattle to form themselves in groups at the edgeof the water, which is one of the most pleasing circum-stances of natural landscape. It sometimes happens,near large rivers, that a clear spring bubbles from , and pours its waters rapidly into the stream ; this is always considered a delightfulobject in nature, yet I do not recollect it has ever beenimitated by art. It would be very easy to produce it inthis instance by leading water
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