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to exclude them entirely from the pool would be to rob the
water of the most interesting features of which such a pool is
capable, viz. the reflection of moving objects on its banks, and
the glitter of its surface when put in motion. Add to this, if
cattle can be kept from browsing the boughs which overhang
the water, there is nothing more interesting than the contrast
made by dark foliage reflected and opposed to those parts of
the margin which reflect only the sky. An attempt is made in
the annexed plate to represent this effect, which also shews the
present appearance of the Pool, where no objects are reflected
except the sky and the line of hurdles. To realize this land-
scape, it is proposed to fence the opposite bank of the pool by
such a line of paling as may sweep round the thickets of thorns
and alders and brushwood, by which they will be concealed,
and then a post and chain should sweep into the pool just be-
low the surface of the water, admitting cattle to stand on a
bank, which should be gravelled or paved, to prevent their
sinking into the soil, and discolouring the water.