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"SECTION IX. 



An excurfion along the eaftern fide of Beaulieu -river the 

 coaft oppofite to the ifle of Wight the weftem 

 fide of Southampton-bay and thence by Dibden 

 again to Beaulieu. 



Beaulieu we crofTed the bridge; and 

 turning fhoit to the right, had a better view 

 of the firft reach of the river from the land, 

 than we had before in our voyage, from the 

 water. The river itfelf had more the ap- 

 pearance of a lake, (for it was then high- 

 water,) and made a magnificent fweep round a 

 point of wooded land* : while the woods, on 



* This point is no longer wooded. The trees were fingularly 

 pifturefque ; overhanging the water, which had in fome degree 

 undermined the bank, and laid their roots bare. They flourifhed 

 neverthelefs ; and yet their pecuniary value was fo fmall, that if 

 their noble owners had had any information of their pifturefque 

 value, they would probably have fuffered them to ftand. 



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