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 thcr region ; the lower hills and rocks rife 

 moft pidturefquely to the view. To the 

 right you look down upon a beautiful vale 

 of cultivated inclofures, vvhofe verdure is 

 painting itfelf. The town prefents its Mat- 

 tered houfes, among woods and fprcading 

 trees: Above it rifes iS/^/^t/ow, cloud- top- 

 ped in the moft fublime magnitude. 



Dcfcending to the town, we took our 

 leave of this enchanting region of landfcape, 

 by fcaling the formidable walls of Skiddow 

 himfelf: It is five miles to the top, but the 

 immenfity of the view fully repays for the 

 labour of gaining it. You look upon the 

 lake, which here appears no more than a 

 little bafon, and its iilands but as fo many 

 fpots^ it is furrounded by a prodigious range 

 of rocks and mountains, wild as the waves, 

 fublimely romantic. Thefe dreadful fweeps, 

 the fport of nature in the moft violent of 

 her moments, are the moft ftriking objedts 

 {^^n. from Skiddowy but in mere extent the 

 view is prodigious. You fee the hills in 

 Scotland plainly i you view a fine reach of 

 ^ ; command the Ijle of Man, and fee- 

 part of an objedt, which I take to be an 

 highland in Ire/and; befides prodigious 

 tr^icls of adjacent country. 



