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with our sport in this valley, where, as you 

 see, there is no want of shade. 



Poiet. — This spot is really very fine. 

 The fall of water, the picturesque mill, the 

 abrupt cliff, and the bank, covered with 

 noble oaks, above the river, compose a scene 

 such as I have rarely beheld in this island. 



Hal. — We will wander a little longer 

 through the walks. There you will enter a 

 subterraneous passage in the rock beyond 

 the mossy grotto. Behold, the castle, or 

 mansion-house, clothed in beautiful vege- 

 tables, of which the red creeper is most 

 distinct, rises above on the hill ! After we 

 have finished our walk and our fishing, I 

 will, if you please, take you to the house 

 and introduce you to its worthy master, 

 whom to know is to love, and to whom all 

 good anglers should be grateful, and who 

 has a strong claim to a more extensive gra- 

 titude — that of his country and of society — 

 by his scientific researches on vegetable na- 

 ture, which are not merely curious, but useful, 

 and which have already led to great improve- 



