Town and Country Delights 



through the subsequent action of the elements 

 have become those " trenches of the long- 

 drawn vales " that delight us to-day. Every- 

 where, in highland and lowland alike, we 

 behold traces of a prolonged and appalling 

 volcanic activity. For many centuries it has 

 been stilled, and we who dwell upon its 

 slumbering ashes may dare to hope that the 

 forces which gave it birth will rest for ever 

 contented with their labour. 



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