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As I have more than once however obferved, 

 that fcenes of all kinds, and diftances the moft 

 of all, are fo diverfified by the circumftances, 

 under which they are examined, that no fingle 

 view can give an adequate idea of them; I 

 wiih, before I fhut up thefe foreft- fcenes, to 

 add a fuller illuftration of this great truth; 

 which fhould always be in the recollection of 

 eveiy picturefque obferver of nature. The 

 example I fhall felecl: for this purpofe, (hall 

 be the fcenery around the parfonage-houfe, at 

 Vicar's-hill ; not fo much becaufe it is a 

 pleafing fcene in itfelf, as becaufe lying con- 

 flantly before my eye, it is the beft inflance 

 I can have : for no one can make remarks of 

 this kind on a fcene, which he has not fre- 

 quently examined. 1 muft firft defcribe 



the fcenery, before I remark the feveral cir- 

 cumftances, under which it is often varied. 



Vicar's-hill is a knoll, falling gently, on 

 the eaft, to a grand woody bank, part of the 

 wild grounds of fir Harry Burrard on the 

 fouth, towards the channel, and the ifle of 

 Wight and on the weft towards Lymington- 

 river all which it overlooks. As it ftands 



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