34$ A TOUR ROUND NORTH WAXES. 



Poo], terminated with high mountains. The 

 oppofite fide is beautifully cultivated half 

 way up, and green to the top except in one 

 or two hills, whofe fummits are rocky, and 

 of grotefque fliapes, that give variety and 

 fpirit to the profpecl. Above the Caftle is a 

 long ridge of hills finely (haded, part of which 

 is in the Park , and ftill higher is a terrace, up 

 to which you are led through very fine lawns, 

 from whence you have a view that exceeds 

 all defcription. The county of Montgomery, 

 which lies all within this view, is to my eyes 

 the moft beautiful in South Britain ; and 

 though I have not been in Scotland, I cannot 

 believe I (hall find any place there fuperior, or 

 equal, to it ; becaufe the Highlands are all 

 uncultivated, and the lowlands want wood - 3 

 whereas this country is admirably fliaded 

 with hedge-rows. It has a lovely mixture of 

 cornfields and meadows, though more of the 

 latter. The yales and bottoms are large, 

 and the mountains, that rife like a rampart 

 all around, add a magnificence and grandeur 

 to the fcene, withput giving you any horror 

 or dreadful ideas, becaufe at Powis Caftle 

 they appear at fuch a diftance as not to deftroy 

 the beauty and foftnefs of the country be- 

 tween them. There are indeed fome high 

 hills within that inclofure, but being woody 

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