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lax, that the imagination is left very much at large.
On the subject of lakes, I have only farther to add,
that many bodies of water, under this denomination, are
found upon the summits of lofty mountains. in this
situation they are commonly mere basons; or reservoirs; and
want the pleasing accompaniments, which adorn the lower
lakes. Lakes of this kind are a collection of springs; and
discharge themselves generally from their elevated stations
in cascades.
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