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" the tangled thickets, anfl impetuous tor- 

 " rent, which is foon loft under a lofty 

 " bridge. By defcending an hundred feet, 

 " we had a clearer view of this romantic 

 " fcene, juft above our heads was a double 

 " bridge, which has been thrown over the 

 " gulph -, the inferior bridge was built by 

 " a monaftry,* and hence called Pont-ar- 

 " Monach; this growing to decay, .and 

 " being thought infecure, another arch 

 " was thrown directly above, and refting 

 " on the antient one, and which now fup- 

 " ports a good road acrofs the precipice. 

 " The water below has fcooped out feveral 

 *' deep chafms in the rock, through which 

 " it flows before it dives under the bridge . 



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" A large beech has flung it's boughs ho- 

 " rizontally over the torrent, as if to hide 

 " it from the fpecl:ator; and the whole 



* Probably that of Strata Florida, which was not 

 far from hence. 



" banks 



