agreeable the surprise ! Between the dreary hills, 

 are romantic glades and hollows, resonant with the 

 busy hum of men and the lowing of cattle. Cottages 

 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 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. " 



END OF PART I. 



