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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 w^ander a little longer 

 through the walks. There you will enter a 

 subterraneous passage in the rock beyond the 

 mossy grotto. Behold, the castle, or man- 

 sion-house, clothed in beautiful vegetables, 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, 

 to whom all good anglers should be grateful, 

 and who has a strong claim to a more exten- 

 sive gratitude — that of his country and of 

 society — by his scientific researches on vege- 

 table nature, which are not merely curious, 

 but useful, and which have already led to 

 great improvements in our fruits and plants, 

 and generally extended the popularity of 

 horticulture. 



Phys. — We shall be much obliged to you 



