330 BELLEGRANGE. 



AMICUS. Of coarse the one is as much a 

 natural appearance as the other. The phantom 

 horse, I suppose, you will agree with me, may 

 be referred to a flitting mist somewhat of 

 equine form, and the rainbow iridiscence to re- 

 flected broken light from a sooty film spread 

 over the surface. In this manner, the latter, if 

 I recollect rightly, was explained by the scientific 

 observer.* As we proceed along this shore, so 

 finely wooded on our right, with its succession 

 of rocky promontories, where already the broom 

 is in flower enlivening the dark heath, one may 

 well dispense with angling, trowling, I would 

 say, at least, for the first voyage, is an appro- 

 priate manner of fishing, nowise diverting the 

 attention. What is that secluded embowered 

 house just coming into view? 



PISCATOR. That is Bellegrange ; and probably 

 because it is so solitary and so embowered in 

 wood, it is often without a tenant ; and yet few 

 spots are more beautiful or have in immediate 

 proximity pleasanter walks or drives, or are 

 more favourably situated for enjoying the 



* Mr. J. F. Miller. See New Ed. Phil. Journal. 



