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distance when the tops alone are visible, these hills 

 have a bleak and barren aspect. Their sides are 

 often bare and precipitous, and it is a peculiarity of 

 the tract that it is entirely destitute of forest trees. 

 Not a hut is to be seen, not a single field to relieve 

 and gladden the eye. Approach nearer, and how 

 sudden and agreeable the surprise ! Between the 

 dreary hills, are romantic glades and hollows, 

 resonant with the busy hum of men and the lowing* 

 of cattle. Cottag-es nestle under the hill side, and 

 the corn waves luxuriantly, protected from the winds 

 that desolate the heights above/' 



" Such are the prominent features of this interest- 

 ing 1 region. I am conscious of many and serious 

 defects of description, but so general a sketch must 

 needs be imperfect : and to do fully justice to the 

 endless variety of scene would require a far abler 

 and more imaginative pen than mine." 



