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the enormous masses of rock that spread exposed 

 along the side of the hill, tufted with tall Beeches, and 

 thicketed with the deep evergreen of Hollies and 

 Tews, are invested by Nature with a charming effect, 

 especially when the declining sun flames its slanting 

 rays upon the scene, throwing the caverns in the rocks 

 into gloomy shadow, while a light breeze exposes the 

 silvery under-surfaces of the foliage of the White-beam 

 tree (Pyrus Aria). Lovely, too, are the hues upon 

 those slippen rocks, half way down the hill, that yet 

 cling to the soil in mid air green Bilberries, Mosses 

 of deeper green, bristling Heath, and Lichens grey, 

 white, and umber, combine to give them tints, con- 

 trasting yet harmonious. Oh for another exploration 

 of the shattered rocks of Symond's Tat ! The 

 bleached cliffs on either side of the "Wye below New 

 Wier are finely fringed with wood, where the dark 

 Tew mixing with the silvery leaves of the Whitebeam 

 has a singular effect. On some broken cliffs almost 

 exactly like the towers of a dismantled fortress, the 

 Tews clothe the ledges with a sable fringe, and pro- 

 duce a very picturesque aspect. In combination with 

 the golden beeches of autumn, forming a continuous 

 robe on the sides of the river and reflected in the 

 tranquil stream, scarcely any thing can be finer or 

 more impressive to the imagination. As few Wye 

 tourists have noticed tJie plants that occur in this 

 vicinity, I shall select a few that present themselves 

 in various spots on the banks of the river, as an 

 incentive to the botanical looker-out to pause on his 

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