428 felEVAULX ABBEY. 



some other letters to complete the sentence. It wa* 

 taken up near the high altar. 



At Griff, in the neighbourhood of Rievaulx, are 

 remains of the foundations of buildings, which are 

 supposed to have been the site of an old town. At 

 Newlass also, now a farm house, similar remains 

 are found in a field; and even the site of the church 

 is said to be evident. A house called Abbot's Hagg, 

 in the same quarter, seems to convey the idea of its 

 having been in the possession of the abbot of Rie- 

 vaulx, previous to the dissolution of that monastery. 

 From the quantity of slag with which the roads 

 are mended here, it is probable there has been an 

 iron forge in this quarter, belonging to the monks. 



On the top of the hill on the east side of the abbey, 

 is the noted terrace, made by Thomas Duncombe, 

 Esq., in the year 1758. From this handsome lawn, 

 nearly half a mile in length, and of ample breadth, 

 the ruins beneath, and the valley which contains 

 them, are seen to great advantage. This terrace is 

 backed by plantations of trees, mingled with various 

 shrubs, blossoming beauty, and emitting fragrance. 

 At one end of this magnificent terrace is a circular 

 temple, with a Tuscan colonnade ; and at the other 

 a temple with an Ionic portico. This temple is 

 spacious, containing handsome devices derived from 

 the heathen mythology. On the ceiling of the room 

 is a copy of Guidons Aurora, with the graceful 

 hours in great brilliancy surrounding her car. In 

 the cove of the ceiling are placed in compartments, 

 the story of Hero and Leander : the whole by the 

 pencil of Burnice ; who was brought over from 



