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elevate themselves with such intimations of humani- 

 ty, and to carry his wants and his troubles to heaven, 

 and to implore it to relieve them. How many things 

 does the distant voice of this mountain shepherd 

 make us feel and think of! But such delightful 

 emotions pass away like a beautiful dream, like a 

 fine piece of music, like a striking effect of light, 

 like everything that is good, like everything which 

 affects us strongly, and must, for that reason, 

 endure but for an instant. 



"What is here said of this delightful prospect from 

 the top of Tinto, may, indeed, be said of twenty 

 other localities in this interesting land of beautiful 

 and splendid scenery. I wish that all the anglers of 

 England could see this diversity of woods, and 

 plains, and meadows, and torrents, and villages, sur- 

 rounded by mountains, either green to their very 

 summits, or peaked with bold and rugged grandeur. 

 There are some things in nature that one feels some- 

 what competent to describe but such scenes as these 

 make one lament the poverty of language ; even the 

 pencil cannot represent that effect of immensity, nor 

 express those confused and delicious sounds, nor 

 make us breathe the pure and bracing air which 

 renders the spirits so lively and buoyant. We must 

 send the reader to the spot, and give up the attempt 

 to paint natural beauties which are inimitable. 



There are many excellent stretches of angling 

 water below Symington, and between it and where 

 the Douglas Water falls into the main river. The 

 banks of the river are here quite open, and beautiful 



