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resorted to by people afflicted with such 

 complaints; and a tradition exists, in the 

 village, that a king of Scotland, attracted by 

 its celebrity, undertook a pilgrimage hither, 

 and returned to his own dominions perfectly 

 cured. 



But though we live in an age, my young 

 friends, in which the progress of knowledge 

 and the improvements in science, prevent us 

 from flocking to the shrine of a favorite 

 saint, or expecting relief to our maladies by 

 miraculous means, yet Muswell-hill must 

 always prove sufficiently attractive to the 

 man of true taste, and to the admirers of 

 rural scenery. Indeed, there is scarcely a 

 village in the vicinity of London more de- 

 lightful, or one that boasts of more varied 

 and extensive prospects. 



Where then can we find a spot more 

 proper than that which we now occupy, 

 where the eye roves over a vast extent of 

 well cultivated fields and comfortable and 

 elegant habitations, where, I say, my beloved 



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