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sea, inhabited countries with passable carriage 

 roads : these regions are very desirable abodes, 

 especially within the tropics, for their pure and 

 cool air, as well as for the grand scenery by 

 which they are commonly surrounded. Such 

 regions are well fitted for us, and if you please, 

 you may attach a moral to the recommendation. 

 To recur for an instant to the exercise of ascend- 

 ing mountains, I may state, that here in our 

 district amongst the peasantry, heart complaints 

 are of common occurrence attributable, and 

 they commonly are so attributed, to this cause, 

 the ascending the hills after their sheep, espe- 

 cially in winter, when, if there be snow on the 

 fells, they have the additional fatigue and 

 strain of carrying up hay. In our own instance 

 to-day, we were imprudent, we ascended too 

 fast, I suppose from a natural impatience to 

 reach the tarn. We should have taken more 

 time, and stopt at spots almost inviting rest, 

 those little green terraces of beautiful pasture 

 not of unfrequent occurrence, where, besides 

 rest, we should have done well to have exercised 

 our eyes whilst reposing our limbs, directing 

 them to the dale below, and its bounding 

 hills. 



