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 diftindl fheets of water, throw a beauti- 

 ful variety over this romantic fcene; it lofes 

 itfelf to the left under another fweep of 

 fine hanging woods : You look down upon 

 the ruined abbey, on the oppofite banks of 

 the river, in a hollow, beautifully pi(Slu- 

 refque. Above it, rifes in front a fine wav- 

 ing hill cut into inclofures ; and over all, an 

 extenfive diftant profpe<ft. Upon the whole, 

 the view is truly beautiful. 



From hence, croffing a few inclofures to 

 come again into the ornamented grounds, 

 the path you enter winds on the brink of 

 a woody precipice, upon which you look 

 in a very romantic pleafing manner. It 

 leads down to the river (here a fmooth and 

 gentle current) through a wild rugged way, 

 and there brings you to another fhore of 

 pendent, craggy, broken rock, fringed with 

 wood, in a pidurefque manner : In one 

 place, almoil under the dairy, it bulges forth 

 in a vafi: projeding body, almoft threaten- 

 ing to thunder into the river, and obftrud: 

 every drop of its ftream. A noble fcene. — ^ 

 The walk takes a winding courfe through 

 a thick wood, to the terras in front of the 

 houfe, from which the view is totally dif- 

 ferent from any of the preceding j it looks 



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