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heath, or fern, with open patches between,
and fragments of rocks and large ftones
lying in irregular maffes—it is clear, (on the
fuppofition of thefe two fpots being of the
fame extent, and on the fame fcale) that
the whole of the one may be compre-
hended immediately, and that if you tra-
verfe it in every direcftion, little new can
occur; while in the other, every flep
changes the whole of the compofition.
Then each of thefe broken promontories and
fragments, have as many fuddenly varying
forms and afpeTs, as they have breaks, even
without light and fhade ; but when the fun
doesfhine upon them, each break is the occa-
lion of fome brilliant light, oppofed to lom'e
fudden fhaaow: All deep coves, hollows,
and filTures (fuch as are ufually found in
this fiyle of fcenery) invite the eye to pene~
trate into their receffes, yet keep its curiofity
alive, and unfatisfied $ whereas in the other,
the
heath, or fern, with open patches between,
and fragments of rocks and large ftones
lying in irregular maffes—it is clear, (on the
fuppofition of thefe two fpots being of the
fame extent, and on the fame fcale) that
the whole of the one may be compre-
hended immediately, and that if you tra-
verfe it in every direcftion, little new can
occur; while in the other, every flep
changes the whole of the compofition.
Then each of thefe broken promontories and
fragments, have as many fuddenly varying
forms and afpeTs, as they have breaks, even
without light and fhade ; but when the fun
doesfhine upon them, each break is the occa-
lion of fome brilliant light, oppofed to lom'e
fudden fhaaow: All deep coves, hollows,
and filTures (fuch as are ufually found in
this fiyle of fcenery) invite the eye to pene~
trate into their receffes, yet keep its curiofity
alive, and unfatisfied $ whereas in the other,
the