The difficulty of clothing the banks of artificial water has been a source of complaint made against Mr. Brown, for having left them bare and bald: but the river at ATTINGHAM will be sufficiently enriched by the few trees already growing on its margin, and by the plantations proposed on the island, &c. There is a part of the river Terne, above the house, where both its banks are richly clothed with alders, and every person of discernment must admire the beauty of this scene; but if the same were continued quite to the bridge, the river would be invisible from the house and from every part of the park: how, then, is it possible that the banks of water should everywhere be covered with wood? I contend, that a broad ample channel, in proportion to the bridge, will be far more in character with the style of the house and the bridge, than the more intricate, which, on paper, is perhaps more picturesque.
