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unpeopled countries commonly are, a mere 

 foreft ; and as the groves, and woods prefented 

 themfelves on every fide, the venerable chief 

 defcribing each fcene to his illuftrious gueft, 

 annexes to it fome tale of horror, or fome cir- 

 cumftance of religious awe. 



Hinc lucum ingentem, quern Romulus acer afylura 

 Rettulit, et gelida monftrat fub rape Lupercal, 

 Parrhafio diftum Panos de more Lyczi. 

 Nee non et facri monftrat nemus Argileti ; 

 Teftaturque locum, et lethum docet hofpitis Argi. 

 Hinc ad Tarpeiam fedem, et capitolia ducit, 

 Aurea nunc, olim fylveftribus horrida dumis. 

 Jam turn religio pavidos terrebat agreftes 

 Dira loci : jam turn fylvam, faxumque timebant. 

 Hoc nemus, hunc, inquit, frondofo vertice collem, 

 (Quis deus, incertum eft) habitat deus. Arcades ipfum 

 Credunt fe vidiffe Jovem, cum faepe nigrantem 

 ^Egida concuteret dextra, nimbofque cieret. 



I cannot conclude this feftion better, than 

 with another quotation, very beautifully adap- 

 ted to the fubjec"l. 



Meditation here 



May think ( down hours to moments. Here the heart 

 May give a ufeful leflbn to the head ; 

 And learning wifer grow without it's books. 

 Knowledge, and wifdom, far from being one, 

 Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells 

 In heads replete with thoughts of other men : 



Wifdom, in minds attentive to their own. 



Knowledge, 



