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mountain, on which it happens to overtake 

 him. 



The Englifh foreft, (except in the northern 

 counties, which border on Scotland) exhibits 

 a very different fpecies of landfcape. It is 

 commonly compofed of woodland views in- 

 terfperfed, as we have defcribed them*, with 

 extenfive heaths, and lawns. It's trees are 

 oak, and beech ; whofe lively green corref- 

 ponds better than the gloomy pine, with the 

 nature of the fcene, which feldom arTumes 

 the dignity of a mountain one j but generally 

 exhibits a cheerful landfcape. It afpires indeed 

 to grandeur ; but it's grandeur does not depend, 

 like that of the Scottifh foreft, on thefubltmify 

 of the objects ; but on the va/lnefs of the whole - 

 the extent of it's woods, and widenefs of it's 



plains. In it's inhabitants alfo the Englifh 



foreft differs from the Scotch. Inftead of the 

 ftag, and the roe-buck, it is frequented by 

 cattle, and fallow-deer : and exchanges the 

 fcreams of the eagle and the falcon, for the 

 crowing of pheafants, and the melody of 

 nightingales. The Scotch-foreft, no doubt, 



* See p. 220. 



is 



