EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON; 



tiny which is equally within the reach of 

 all mankind, and observe how much it is 

 meliorated by social intercourse. 



At the dawn of day, the labourer awakes 

 from his peaceful slumbers, and from his 

 dwelling surveys the fields by which he is 

 surrounded. He enjoys a spectacle as im-i- 

 posing, nay perhaps more so, than that 

 which the earth presented at the moment of 

 its creation.' He beholds it covered with 

 grain, enriched with various productions^ 

 and embellished with the richest pastures. 

 His eyes repose upon the varied aspect of 

 the 'mountains crowned with wood, plains 

 covered with golden harvests, and rivulets 

 meandering through the meadows. Some- 

 times he perceives a distant city, with its 

 lofty spires lost in the horizon; and this 

 sight adds still more to the beauty of -the 

 landscape. 



This enchanting spectacle, which is too 

 often regarded with indifference, from 

 its familiarity, is the result of the combined 



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