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Kefwick, upon the whole, contains a va- 

 riety that cannot fail of aftonilhing the 

 fpedlator: The lake, the iflands, thehang^ 

 ing woods, the waving inclofures, and the 

 calcades are all moft fuperlatively elegant 

 and beautiful i while the rocks, clifts, crags, 

 and mountains are equally terrifying and 

 fublime. There cannot be a finer contraft. 

 Bqt it is much to be regretted that art does 

 not yield more of her affiftance, not in de- 

 coration, for the lake wants it not, but in 

 enabling the fpedator to command, with 

 greater eafe, the luxuriant beauties and 

 ftriking views which to fo many travellers 

 are hitherto quite unknown : There ^re a 

 vafl many edges of precipices, bold pro- 

 jections of rock, pendent clifts, and wild 

 romantic fpots, which command the moft 

 delicious fcenes, but which cannot be 

 reached without the moft perilous difficul- 

 ty : To fuch points of view, winding paths 

 fhould be cut in the rock, and refting- 

 places made for the weary traveller : Mi^ny 

 of thefe paths mqft neceftarily lead through 

 the hanging woods, openings might be 

 made to let in views of the lake, where the 

 cbje(fls, fuch as illands, 5cc. were pecuharly 

 ^Deautiful. At the bottoms of the rock? 



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