5t. TO AM WELL. 15$ 



the course of the New River, through a rich 

 and fertile vale, to Amwell, the place of 

 their destination, and where they proposed 

 to remain during the night. 



On entering the village, their father con- 

 ducted them to the gardens of the late Mr. 

 Scott, who has rendered this place interesting 

 to the sentimental traveller, by his beautiful 

 poem of AmwetL They next took a view of 

 the curious grotto which he constructed at 

 this place, and which he thus describes in an 

 epistle to a friend: 



Where China's willow hangs its foliage fair, 

 And Po's tali poplar waves its top in air, 

 And the dark maple spreads its umbrage wide, 

 And the white bench adorns the bason side; 

 At noon reclined, perhaps, he sits to view 

 The bank's neat slope, the water's silver hue, 

 Where 'midst thick oaks t\te subterraneous way 

 To the arch'd grot admits a feeble ray. 

 Where glossy pebbles pave the varied floors, 

 And rough flint-walls are deck'd with shells and ore, 

 And silvery pearls spread o'er the roofs on high, 

 Qr. like fault sta;* u\ a twilight sky : 



Fro* 



