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.iiiiig to the water; the very idea of a 

 fmall fliiver again il ihe boat ftrikes with 

 horror. 



Advancing, you catch the view of a 

 moft beautiful water-fall, within the wave 

 of a gentle bend of the rocks ; but to en- 

 joy the full luxuriance of this exquifitc 

 landfcape, it is neceffary to land and walk 

 to an opening in the grove, from whence 

 it is feen in furprizing beauty. 



You look up a tremendous wall of rock, 

 perpendicular to the top, fcattered with 

 wood, that feems to hang in the air ; a 

 large ftream ruflies out of a cliff near the 

 top, and falls, in the mod broken and ro- 

 mantic manner, feveral hundred feet : It 

 falls in one gufli for feveral yards j a pro- 

 jedting part of the rock breaks it then into 

 three ftreams, which are prefently quite 

 loft behind hanging woods. Lower down, 

 you again catch it in a fingle bright flieet, 

 among the furrounding dark wood, in the 

 moft elegantly pi6turefque manner that 

 fancy can conceive. Lofing itfelf again 

 behind the intervening tree?, it breaks to 

 the view in various fcattered ftreams, half 

 feen, glittering in the fun beams, among 

 the brandies of the trees, in the moft be- 

 witching^ 



