There is a part of the wood at d so narrow as to admit the light between the stems of the trees; this naturally suggests the idea of adding new plantation. But the horizon is already uniformly bounded by Wood, and the mind is apt to affix the idea of such boundary being the limit of the park, as strongly as if the pale itself were visible; on the contrary, the ground falling beyond this part, and a range of wood sweeping over the brow of the hill, it is better to clear away some of the trees, to increase the apparent extent of lawn. Instead of destroying the continuity of wood, this will increase its quantity; because the tops of the trees being partly seen over the opening, the imagination will extend the lawn beyond its actual boundary, and represent it as surrounded by the same chain of woods.
