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jetting into the water in the moft plc- 

 turefque ftile imaginable, particularly the 

 ferry points on both fides ; it is broke 

 by Berkjhtre I/land y an elegant fpot, 

 finely wooded in one part, and by Craw 

 IJlandj almoft covered with wood, in an- 

 other, and jufl hides a houfe on the main 

 land. 



The eaftern fhore is fpread forth with 

 the moft beautiful variety. In fome places 

 waving inclofures of corn and grafs rife 

 one above another, and prefent to the eye 

 a fcenery beyond the brighteft ideas of 

 painting itfelf. In others flirubby fpots 

 and pendent woods hang down to the very 

 water's edge : In fome places thefe woods 

 are broke by a few fmall grafs inclofures 

 of the fweeteft verdure j and in others run 

 around large circuits of them, and, rifing 

 to the higher grounds, lofe themfelves in 

 the wilds above. Here you fee flips 

 of land running into the lake, and co- 

 ^yered with trees which feem to rife 

 from the water: There, a boldly inden- 

 ted fliore, fwelling into fine bays, and 

 fkirted with fpreading trees, an edging as 

 elegant as ever fancied by Claud himfelf. 

 The village is caught among fome icat- 



Voi^ILL N tered 



