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As we rife to the verge of the eminence, 

 the view inlarges itfelf. The grounds im- 

 mediately below the eye, are overfpread with 

 wood, and become a fecond diftance ; beyond 

 which extends a remote one. Under a proper 

 light this landfcape is calculated to produce 

 a good effecl:. The parts are large j and if 

 one vaft fhadow overfpread the woods on 

 the nearer grounds, an inlightened diftance 

 would form a fine contraft. 



Hound's-down is one of the beft pafture- 

 grounds in the foreft, at leaft in patches : 

 and is of courfe frequented with cattle, which 

 are a great addition to it's beauty. We rarely 

 pafs it in a fummer-evening without feeing 

 herds of deer grazing in different parts ; or 

 foreft-mares with their colts. 



One thing indeed disfigures it ; it is bife6led 

 by the road. The vifta, which leads through 

 the foreft from Brokenhurft to Lyndhurft, we 

 obferved*, was both great in itfelf, and ac- 

 companied with various pleafing incidents ; 

 and therefore it became both a grand, and a 



* See page 64. 



beautiful 



