about a quarter of a mile in breadth, opened 

 before us, arrayed in vivid green, and winding 

 two or three miles round a wood. On the 

 other fide the grounds, wild, and unadorned, 

 fall with an eafy fweep into it. Beyond 

 thefe a grand woody fcene fpreads, far, and 

 wide, into diftance j and as it approaches the 

 eye, unites gently with the other parts of 

 the landfcape. The valley was no other 

 than that vaft bog, already mentioned, under 

 the name of Longjlade-bottom *. It's deceit- 

 ful furface however does no injury to it's 

 pifrurefque form: only indeed it deprives it 

 of the appendages of grazing cattle. The 

 nimble deer trip over it in fummer without 

 inconvenience ; but no animals of heavier bulk 



dare truft themfelves upon it. The name 



of the wood beyond this verdant valley, is 

 Hinchelfey. 



we leave Longflade-bottom on the right, 

 the grounds, which rife on the left, are 

 occupied by Sethorn-wood, a fcene of con- 

 fiderable extent. Sethorn-wood was once the 



* See an account of it, page 56. 



nobleft 



