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From the little peninfula, on which Hurft- 

 caftle {hinds, you are entertained with views 

 on each hand. The ifland, and the Needle- 

 rocks are objects, dreary, vail, and grand ; and 

 not wholly unpifturefque. But to make them 

 objects of the pencil, they muft be well in- 

 lightened, and the fore-ground adorned with 

 a little naval furniture an anchor, a net hang- 

 ing to dry, a drifted boat, or fome other 

 object, with which fea-coafls abound. When 

 I firft faw this fcene, it was in a fultry fummer- 

 noon, and all the cliffs were overfpread with 

 that dingy indiftinct hue, which fometimes 

 accompanies a hot meridian fun. The fea, 

 which was calm, was lighter than the land, 

 tho darker than the Iky. But in the even- 

 ing, the white cliff at the end of the ifland, 

 together with the Needles, were tinged with 

 the fetting fun, and became very fplendid ; 

 and the fea glowing with equal radiance, the 

 whole view, and every part of it, was rich 

 and harmonious. 



On the other fide of the peninfula, the 

 Hampfhire coaft, extending far and wide, 

 forms an immenfe bay, which appears flat, 

 woody, and interfperfed with a variety of 



diftant 



