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SECT. IV. 



FROM the copfe we proceed to the glen. 

 A wide, open fpace between hills, is 

 called a vale. If it be of fmaller dimenfions, 

 we call it a valley. But when this fpace is 

 contracted to a c-bafm, it becomes a glen. A 

 glen therefore is moft commonly the offspring 

 of a mountainous country ; tho it is fometimes 

 found elfewhere, with it's common accompa- 

 niments of woody-banks, and a rivulet at the 

 bottom. I know few places, where the glen 

 may be feen in greater perfection, than among 

 the dreary plains of Northumberland ; where 

 we frequently find flreams winding through 

 deep rocky vallies, adorned with wood ; which 

 the lofty fcreens protect. 



The circumflances, which form the glen, 

 it is evident, admit infinite variety. It may 

 be more, or lefs contracted. It may form one 



fingle 



