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is the fublimer fcene ; and fpeaks to the ima- 

 gination in a loftier language, than the Englifh 

 foreft can reach. This latter indeed often 

 roufes the imagination, but feldom in fo great 

 a degree j being generally content with cap- 

 tivating the eye. 



The fcenery too of the Scotch foreft is better 

 calculated to laft through ages, than that of 

 the Englifh. The woods of both are almoft 

 deftroyed : but while the Englifli- foreft hath 

 loft all it's beauty with it's oaks, and becomes 

 only a defolate wafte ; the rocks and the 

 mountains, the lakes, and the torrents of the 

 Scotch-foreft, make it ftill an interefting 

 fcene. 



In Sutherland, which is the moft northern 

 county in Scotland, are found the forefts of 

 Derry-more, and Derry-monach. 



In Rofsmire, in the diftricl of Affynt, lies 

 the foreft of Coygach : and along the confines 

 of Loch-mari, which is one of the moft ex- 

 tenfive lakes in Scotland, runs another foreft, 

 which bears the name of the lake. 



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