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ducts, hardly less impressive even in their ruins, 

 both noble works. Yet, those around us are 

 not less impressive or noble in their native 

 wildness and grandeur, the everlasting hills 

 that were uplifted who can say how long before 

 a stone of the " eternal city " was laid, and 

 which will endure in all probability to the end 

 of time, when not a stone of that city may be 

 found standing one upon another. 



AMICUS. Though it is calm, and against our 

 angling, how delightfully cool and fresh is the 

 air here! How charming the pure ethereal 

 blue of the sky overhead appearing through 

 the broken masses of white fleecy clouds ! How 

 fine the effects of the mountains looking south- 

 wards, chain after chain. I can count five,, 

 rising in succession, marked by different tints 

 of grey passing into blue with the distance, and 

 those nearer and loftier with their heads hid 

 in, or partially seen through, the clouds ! 



PISCATOR. We are now at an elevation little 

 short of 2000 feet, and consequently have a 

 , commanding view. Let me direct your attention 

 to another feature of the scenery, that which 

 gives the district its name. How many lakes 

 do you see ? 



