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rock, that one may almoft call it half wood 

 and half flone. 



Oppoiite the abbey the rocks give a fine 

 curve, and under them the river and terrafs 

 wind in the moft beautiful manner : It is 

 here quite an amphitheatre of w^ood and 

 rock ; wild, romantic, and fublime. 



Seating yourfelf on a bench upon the 

 little hill under the rock with an elm in 

 front, the view is very ftriking. To the 

 right the wall of rocks prefents its bold 

 front, the river loiing itfelf under them, 

 and the oppofite ileep of wood, in the moft 

 beautiful manner. To the left a fine wave 

 of woody hill ; the river, rapid in its courfe, 

 fills your ear with the found of its current. 



Coming to the turn of the walk, the 

 profpedl back upon the rocks is prodigi- 

 oufly fine : They are {een as it were in 

 perfpedive, and their tops, all crowned 

 with oaks, have a noble effed:. 



Winding up to the alcove on the hill to 

 the right, you fee a prodigious fine range 

 of fteep woods, hanging over broken rocks, 

 in a ftile peculiarly noble : At a diftance you 

 catch a fear of rock quite embofomed in a 

 thick wood : The river winds through the 

 valley beneath, and breaking into feveral 



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