( '75 ) 



I cannot leave this river-fcene, without 

 obferving, that altho it is pi<5lurefque in a 

 high degree 3 yet it exhibits fuch a fpecimen 

 of the pifturefque (if I may fpeak in terms 

 feemingly contradictory ) as is not well cal- 

 culated to make a picture. The whole is 

 a fucceflion of thofe fofter, namelefs beauties ; 

 which highly pleafe ; but cannot eafily be 

 defcribed. Various beautiful accompaniments are 

 exhibited ; but firiking objetts are wanting. 

 If every reach had been adorned with a caftle, 

 or a pifturefque rock, fuch as capt. King's 

 uninterejling river would have afforded, each 

 fucccffive fcene would have been more pic- 

 turefquely marked ; tho the character of the 

 river, on the whole, might have been in-< 

 jured. But now the whole plays upon the 

 eye in the fame pleafmg, tho unvaried, 

 colours. A ftrong and peculiar character 

 belongs to the river in general: but the 

 parts, if I may fo exprefs myfelf, are loft 

 in the whole. They are eveiy where beautiful, 

 but no where cbarafteriftic. 



