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try, who visit the hills for a short time on business or plea- 

 sure, are disappointed in their pleasurable anticipations, and 

 form an extremely unjust and unfavourable opinion of them. 

 Many circumstances contribute to this hasty judgment ; 

 making no adequate preparations for the great and sudden 

 change of climate, they find themselves very uncomfortably 

 situated as regards clothing, houses, servants, and the thou- 

 sand etceteras essential to comfort in a cold climate ; and, 

 without giving themselves time to form a more accurate opi- 

 nion, they leave us unfavorably impressed with every thing 

 they have seen. Upon the whole, we can scarcely be sur- 

 prised at this, when we every day see our brethren returning 

 from Europe with complaints of the discomfort and annoy- 

 ance they have undergone, from the complete change of 

 habits, feelings, &c. forced upon them while at home ; and I 

 would protest against all such ill-grounded and hastily-formed 

 opinions, as much in the one case as in the other. 



Let visitors prepare themselves, by proper clothing, for the 

 change to a cold climate, take care to get themselves settled 

 in a comfortable house, and see to the comfort of their ser- 

 vants, &c. and I will answer for their quitting the hills with 

 only one wish, that of revisiting them as soon, and for as 

 long a period, as possible. 



The Editor can fully confirm the above remarks as to the rud- 

 dy and joyous appearance of the children : and, as respects 

 the fair sex, he can, with equal truthfulness, affirm, that their 

 complexions were as bright and clear, their spirits as gay 

 and buoyant, and their eyes as sparkling and beaming with 

 animation as if they were enjoying the fresh mountain breezes 

 of the Highlands of Scotland ; while their dashing and fearless 

 riding over the hills, was at a pace that would astonish the 

 jnost accomplished of their sex in Hyde Park. 

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