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SPRING WOOD. 



forest, intermingled with other trees and shrubs, 

 we reached " Springwood," at which place a 

 corporal's guard was stationed, principally for the 

 purpose of escorting prisoners attached to the 

 iron gangs from one station to another. 



As we made the gradual ascent of this moun- 

 tainous but excellent road, the scenery began to 

 develope itself, until the prospect before us had 

 assumed a romantic and in a high degree pic- 

 turesque appearance : there was a distant view of 

 the Appin, Windsor, and other districts, like a sea 

 of country in the distance ; near us were wild 

 deep- wooded glens, to the bottom of which the 

 eye could not reach. On another side were 

 mountains heaped on mountains of various forms, 

 and for the most part densely wooded, all com- 

 bining to form a landscape of a grand and im- 

 pressive character. There was, however, a de- 

 ficiency of water in the view, an element which 

 adds so much to the natural beauties of all land- 

 scape scenery ; by its presence the picturesque 

 as well as fertile appearance of the country 

 would have been much increased. The atmo- 

 . sphere upon this elevated range was colder and 

 bleaker than we had experienced on the low 

 land ; it seemed as if we had been removed to 

 another climate, and the wind, which blew fresh, 

 was so piercingly cold, as the sunset approached, 

 as to render our warm cloaks of much service. 



