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with thick woods that fpread a deep fhade ; in. 

 others the vale opens to form the fite of a 

 pretty chearful village, over hung by hill and 

 wood : here the fhore rifes gradually into large 

 inclofures, which fpread over the hills, ftretch-r 

 ing beyond each other ; and there the vale melts 

 again into a milder variety of fields. A hill 

 thus fituated, and confiding in itfelf of fo much 

 variety of furface, muft necefiarily command 

 many pleafing views ; to enjoy thefe to the bet- 

 ter advantage, Mr. Trent (than whom no one 

 has a better tafte both to difcover and defcribe 

 the beauties of natural fcenes) is making a 

 walk around the whole, which is to bend to 

 the inequalities of the ground, fo as to take the 

 principal points in view. The whole is fo 

 beautiful, that if I was to make the regular de- 

 tour, the defcription might be too minute : but 

 there are fome points which gave me fo much 

 pleafure, that I know not how to avoid recom- 

 mending to others that travel this way to tafte 

 the fame fatisfaclion : from the upper part of 

 the orchard you look down a part of the river, 

 where it opens into a regular bafon, one corner 

 jlretching up to Cork, loft behind the hill of 

 Lota, the lawn of which breaks on the fwelling 

 hills among the woods 5 the houfe obfcured, 

 and therefore feeming a part of your home 

 fcenej the lofing the river behind the beautiful 

 projection of Lota, is more pleafing than can 

 be exprefled. The other reach, leading to the 

 the harbour's mouth, is half hidden by the trees 

 which margin the foot of the hill on which you 

 ftand : in front a noble range of cultivated 



hills, 



