appearances of this kind, but of a more cheer- 

 ful caft. The following defcription is a 

 beautiful contraft to the gloomy afpecl: of a 

 Scotch-foreft ; tho I fancy the poet has drawn 

 a more woody fpecies of fcenery, than is at 

 this time commonly to be found in Italy. 



Far to the right, where Appennine afcends, 

 Bright as the fummer, Italy extends. 

 Woods over woods, in gay, theatric pride, 

 Wei] mafied, yet varied, deck the mountain's fide. 

 While towering oft, amidil the tufted green, 

 Some venerable ruin marks the fcene. 



The animals which inhabit the Scotch- 

 foreft, are the roe- buck, the eagle, and the 

 falcon. Heretofore it was frequented by the 

 cock of the wood, a noble bird, drefled in 

 fplendid plumage, of nearly the lize of a 

 turkey. He was often feen, amidft the dark 

 foliage of the pine, rearing his glofly creft, 

 and crowing at intervals : but he is now 

 feldom found. The flag alfo fometimes 

 fhelters himfelf among the thickets of the 

 foreft : but it is the heat only of a meridian 

 fun, that drives him thither. The ftorm he 

 values not; but continues browzing in de- 

 fiance of it, on the fide of the bleakeft 



mountain, 



