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SECTION IV. 



.TROM the copfe we proceed to the glen. 

 A wide, open fpace between hills, is called 

 a vale. If it be of fmaller dimenfions, we 

 call it a valley. But when this fpace is con- 

 tracted to a chaj'm, it becomes a glen. A glen 

 therefore is moft commonly the offspring of 

 a mountainous country; tho it is fometimes 

 found elfewhere, with it's common accompa- 

 niments of woody-banks, and a rivulet at the 

 bottom. I know few places, where the glen 

 may be feen in greater perfection, than among 

 the dreary plains of Northumberland ; where 

 we frequently find ftreams winding through 

 deep rocky vallies, adorned with wood - t which 

 the lofty fcreens protect. 



The circumftances, which form the glen, 

 it is evident, admit infinite variety. It may 

 be more, or lefs contracted. It may form one 



fingle 



