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with the finest trees ; others, corresponding to 

 them in growth and disposition, stand in 

 groups on the banks, intermixed with younger 

 plantations. Immediately below the bridge, 

 the river spreads into a large expanse ; the 

 sides are open lawn ; on that farthest from the 

 house formerly stood the palace of Henry the 

 Second, celebrated in many an ancient ditty by 

 the name of fair Rosamond's Bower ; a little 

 clear spring which rises there is by the country 

 people still called fair Rosamond's Well : the 

 spot is now marked by a single willow. Near it 

 is a fine collateral stream, of a beautiful form, 

 retaining its breadth as far as it is seen, and 

 retiring at last behind a hill from the view. 

 The main river, having received this accession, 

 makes a gentle bend, then continues for a con- 

 siderable length in one wide direct reach, and, 

 just as it disappears, throws itself down a high 

 cascade, which is the present termination. On 

 one of the banks of this reach is the garden ; the 

 steeps are there diversified with thickets and 

 with glades ; but the covert prevails, and the 

 top is crowned with lofty trees. On the other 

 side is a noble hanging wood in the park ; it was 

 depreciated when it sunk into a hollow, and 

 was poorly lost in the bottom ; but it is now 

 a rich appendage to the river, falling down an 

 easy slope quite to the water's edge, where, 



