1811.) 
tnd T have heard is a fine place, but it 
‘did not lie in our route, and consequently 
we did not pay it a visit. 
Lylulph’s Tower is a square edifice, in 
the Gothic taste, with towers at the cor- 
Ners, painted windows, and embattled 
parapet; the stone of which it is com- 
posed is of a dark greyish sombre colvur, 
very suitable to the nature of the build- 
ing; hewn, but not polished. 
interior there are some good apartments, 
which only require a little addition of 
furnishing and fitting-up to be extremely 
comfortable. ~The views from the diffe- 
Tent windows are enchanting, and pre- 
Sent scenes of the most sublime nature, 
blended with the soft and rural, in a style 
of perfect harmony and loveliness. A 
person we met in the park told usa con- 
fused tale of this tower being erected on 
the scite of a dwelling inhabited by a giant, 
or some monstrous sort of animal, called 
Lylolph; but, as we felt much greater 
Mterest in the beauties of the surround- 
ing country, than in the simpie legend of 
Our guide, we paid not sufiicient atten- 
tion to his relation, to be enabled to 
afford you particular information respec- 
ting either Lylulph, or his concerns, In’ 
this park there was formerly a great 
quantity of fine ‘old trees, which have 
heen cut down; but there is still'a great 
deal of wood growing; much brushwood, 
and fern, (or brackeus, as it is called in all 
‘the northern counties) whichis so luxu- 
riant, that at a short distance it appears 
like a thick copse; some I saw of the 
growth of six or seven feet. © 
Having viewed the tower and its envi- 
rons, we pursued tlie way directed toa 
celebrated waterfall, ina retired part of 
the park, to which we were led by a 
Winding path along the side of a narrow 
woody dell, through which the Aray, or 
Stream that takes its rise in an adjacent 
mountain, pursues its noisy course in its 
progress; forming an infinity of pictu- 
resque cascades, and sounding through 
the glen like peals of distant thunder. 
At every step some new object to excite 
admiration and arrest attention, appear- 
€d before our eyes. 
Trees, shrubs, and rocks, covered in 
some places with various-coloured mosses, 
in others bare and rugged, mingled 
together in “regular confusion ;” and 
after many pauses and exclamations of 
surprise from my companion, who was 
Jess familiar than myself with such ro- 
mantic scenery, we reached the extre- 
mity of the dell, where the precipices 
unite with terrific wildness; when, cross 
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sing a rustic bridge, thrown over thé 
stream, we arrived in full front of the 
grand cataract, precipitating itself over a 
descent of one hundred and forty feet, in 
one unbroken sheet, falling upwards of 
eighty feet, and pouring its agitated 
waters into a deep and narrow chasm) 
surrounded by rocks, covered witte 
mosses and aquatic plants, and overhung 
from the adjacent cliffs by a profusion of 
oaks, alder, birch, and hollies, mantling 
over the rugged steeps, and disposed by 
nature with the most just effect. On the 
bank facing this noble scene, there is a 
simple bench, piaced for the accommoda- 
tion of persons who wish to sketch the 
surrounding scenery, free from the mois. 
ture occasioned by the spray of the 
water, and where the ear is less stunned 
by the tremendous noise of the cataract 
than upon the bridge, or overhanging 
Here, as you'may imagine, we 
indulged ourselves'a considerable time 
with the sight of this truly magnificent 
and interesting scene; and whilst contem= 
plating its beauties, the sun, which had 
been some time obscured by clouds, suds 
denly burst forth in all his glory, and pres 
duced the most brilliant effect upon the 
quick-descending sheet of water, which 
shone with silvery brightness as it rushed 
impetuously from the craggy height’s 
while the drops that hung upon the 
boughs and knolls around, conveyed ak 
idea of an immense number of diamonds, 
sparkling on a ground of variousscolcured 
velvet, replete with richness, beauty, and 
diversity, of shades. ' 
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For the Menthly Magazine. 
JOURNAL Of a recent VOYAGE to CADIZ. 
S$ we have heard so much about the 
Inquisition, I naturally made en- 
quiries respecting it. The establishments 
is very numerous, and consists of above 
three thonsand officers, throughout the 
kingdom, and is attended with an exe 
pence of upwards of a million ste sing 
per annum; buat the punishment of of- 
fenders has not, within these few last 
years, been so dreadful as it was for- 
merly, My friend, the Abbé, tells me, 
that when occasions have lately occurred 
for their interposition, some slight ex- 
ercise of power was resorted to: heré- 
lated the instance of a youne Frenchman 
who, not long ago,’ openty ridiculed the. 
iniracles of the Virgin Mary, and of 
Christ; his friends had checked him fer 
his imprudence, and warned ‘him of the 
danger he incurred; ‘but he persiste:! in 
his opinion and was apprehended, antl 
0 only 
