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servation of nature, must be attended with good results. 

 But there is only about one person in five hundred who can 

 afford to make such trips. For the benefit of the many 

 whose circumstances confine them to their own vicinity, a 

 place of rural resort, not very far from the city, should be 

 provided — not for the convenience of loungers, but for the 

 refined, the studious and industrious. For this reason, the 

 grounds should be a forest, that would tempt only the rational 

 and intelligent to frequent it, and not a garden, which, on 

 account of its attractions to the idle and vulgar, would soon 

 degenerate into a mere theatre of rowdyism. Those who 

 have neither money nor leisure for travelling, need such ad- 

 vantages more than people of wealth ; and it seems to be the 

 part of equal justice and humanity to provide such a retreat 

 for the special benefit of the more elevated portion of these 

 classes. 



It is worthy of notice, that many persons, who can give us 

 a very good description of the White Mountains, Niagara, and 

 other similar natural wonders, know nothing at all of the 

 beautiful and romantic scenery in their own neighborhood. 

 There seems to be a prevailing sentiment that there is nothing 

 admirable in nature except her monstrosities, and that one 

 who has never witnessed these is incapable of appreciating 

 her beauties or her wonders. For similar reasons, he must 

 be utterly ignorant of human nature who had never seen a 

 Daniel Lambert or the Siamese twins. But it is not peculiar 

 to the present generation to overlook the natural beauties near 

 their own homes, while indulging in raptures over those no 

 more remarkable, at a distance. We should not be obliged 

 to ride out more than six miles from this city, to visit one of 

 the most romantic spots in the whole country. I allude, at 

 this moment, to the scenery immediately surrounding Barthel- 

 emy's Pond, in South Danvers. In this place, which is only 

 partially wooded, nature has blended the wild, the grand and 

 the beautiful, in such pleasing proportions, that one finds it 

 difficult to determine what emotion predominates while he is 

 contemplating its varied prospects. 



Let us set a praiseworthy example to the nation, by pur- 



