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REFLEXIONS IN SMOOTH WATER 15 house takes a very different position with respect to them in the reflexion from that which it occupies in the direct view. Fig. 7 affords a further instance of this difference, and here will at once be noted the change in the relative positions of the roofs and gables. In the reflexion the smaller cottage to the right rises up and half covers the tower on the barn behind, whilst the tops of the poplars barely appear above the highest roof. Of the two sketches that follow (Figs. 8a and 8b), the first is possible, the second impossible. In the centre of each are seen, amongst other trees, some poplars close to the opposite bank, and in the distance behind them a wooded height. These are all reflected in the still water; and it will be evident from what has been said above that in the reflexion in the lower sketch (Fig. 8b) the distant height is drawn too tall as compared with the poplars in front of it, which should
