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No, X. 

 EXCURSION TO AMWELL, 



AURORA had just tinged the east with the 

 most brilliant colours, when our little party, 

 who had taken leave of their host on the 

 preceding evening, set out from Edmonton 

 in their way to Amwell, a village celebrated 

 for giving rise to the New River. 



It was a delightful morning in June, and 

 all Nature seemed in unison with their feel- 

 ings. The gaudy butterfly, roving from 

 flower to flower in search of sweets, the 

 humming of bees, and the chirping of innu- 

 merable insects among the grass, gave life 

 and animation to the scene ; while the feather- 

 ed tribes, above their heads, hailed, in the 

 most melodious strains, the approach of a 

 new day. 



Proceeding 



