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wild and beautiful scenery of nature; amongst 

 the mountain lakes, and the clear and lovely 

 streams that gush from the higher ranges of 

 elevated hills, or that make their way through 

 the cavities of calcareous strata. How de- 

 lightful in the early spring, after the dull and 

 tedious time of winter, when the frosts disap- 

 pear, and the sunshine warms the earth and 

 waters, to wander forth by some clear stream, 

 to see the leaf bursting from the purple bud, 

 to scent the odours of the bank perfumed by 

 the violet, and enamelled, as it w^ere, with the 

 primrose and the daisy ; to wander upon the 

 fresh turf below the shade of trees, whose 

 bright blossoms are filled with the music of 

 the bee ; and on the surface of the waters to 

 view the gaudy flies sparkling like animated 

 gems in the sunbeams, whilst the bright and 

 beautiful trout is watching them from below ; 

 to hear the twittering of the water-birds, who, 

 alarmed at your approach, rapidly hide them- 

 selves beneath the flowers and leaves of the 

 water-lily ; and as the season advances, to find 

 all these objects changed for others of the 

 same kind, but better and brighter, till the 



