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SECT. XI. 



T2)ERHAPS of all fpecies oflandfcape, there 

 "- is none, which fo univerfally captivates 

 mankind, as foreft-fcenery : and our prepof- 

 fefTion in favour of it appears in nothing more, 

 than in this ; that the inhabitants of bleak 

 countries, totally deftitute of wood, are gene- 

 rally confidered, from the natural feelings of 

 mankind, as the objects of pity. 



Pliny has given us a view of this kind, 

 which he tells us, he took himfelf upon the 

 fpot. It reprefents a bleak fea-coafl in Zea- 

 land, before that country was embanked; 

 the inhabitants of which he fpeaks of as the 

 moft wretched of human beings. It is true, 

 there are other wants, befides that of fcenery, 

 which enter into the idea of their wretched- 

 nefs ; yet I dare affirm, that if Pliny had 

 found the fame people, with all their wants 

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