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wherever men are sagacious enough to set up beehives. 

 It supplies, also, many a delightful prospect, especially 

 when the eye crosses the water and rests upon the 

 opposite distant hills of North-West Cheshire, which are 

 said to resemble very strikingly the rising grounds about 

 Bethany and Bethphage. The gardens have great historic 

 interest, since it was to Hale that the famous collection 

 of plants once existing at Orford Mount was transferred, 

 these including vines now two or three centuries old, but 

 still prolific of grapes. Vines in this healthful village 

 seem comfortable anywhere, mounting, as in the south, 

 to the cottage eaves, and outstripping in their beautiful 

 green ambition even the honeysuckles. 



