DR. DARWIN. I2j 



of the pointed flames, which ftream amid 

 the fmoke, and appear like fo many fmall 

 volcanos. 



Mr. Longfton, of Eyam, has adorned a 

 part of this fcene by a hanging garden 

 and imitative fort. The fteep, winding 

 paths of the garden are planted with wild 

 ihrubs, natives of the fteril foil, and which 

 root their fibres in the failures of the 

 rocks. The effecl, in defcending thofe 

 paths from the cliffs above, is very ftrik- 

 ing. They command the ftupendous 

 depths of the vale below and a confider- 

 able portion of its curve. 



About the year 1777, Dr. Darwin pur- 

 chafed a little, wild, umbrageous valley, a 

 mile from Lichfield, amongft the only 

 rocks which neighbour that city fo nearly. 

 It was irriguous from various fprings, and 

 fwampy from their plenitude. A mofly 

 fountain, of the pureft and col deft water 

 imaginable, had, near a century back, in- 

 duced 



