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thofe other views over the ifland*, iri a great 

 degree, amufing. The whole area, conftantly 

 overfpread with vefTels of various kinds, is 

 a perpetual moving fcene : while the naked 

 eye difcovers, in the diftance, a thoufand 

 objects j and through a telefcope a thoufand 

 more, Tho the telefcopic pleafures of the eye 

 are very little allied to the pi<5lurefque idea; 

 yet ftill they add to the amufement of the 



fcene. The cliff, on which this tower 



ftands, is about forty or fifty feet high ; and is 



formed into a terrace, which runs a confiderable 







way along the beach. 



About a mile from this whimfical building 

 ftands Calfhot-caftle ; fituated like the caflle 

 of Hurft-f-, on a tongue of land mooting; 

 into the fea. Calmot is another of thofe 

 ancient coanvcaflles, which Henry VIII. built, 

 out of the fpoils of abbeys. It was origi- 

 nally intended as a fafeguard to the bay of 



Southampton. The views here are of the 



fame nature as thofe at Lutterel's tower. 



* See page 132. f See page 89. 



They 



