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hereafter. When you are at the left corner of the 

 canal, and the chestnut groves in the bottom, you turn 

 of a sudden, under very old trees, into the deepest 

 shade. The walk winds you up a hill of venerable 

 wood, over-arched by nature and of a vast height, into 

 a circular grove, on one side of which is a close high 

 arbour, on the other a sudden open seat that overlooks 

 the meadows and river with a large distant prospect. 

 Another walk under this hill winds by the river-side, 

 quite covered with high trees on both banks, over-hung 

 with ivy, where falls a natural cascade with never- 

 ceasing murmurs. On the opposite hanging of the 

 bank (which is a steep of fifty feet) is placed, with a 

 very fine fancy, a rustic seat of stone, nagged and 

 rough, with two urns in the same rude taste, upon 

 pedestals, on each side, from whence you lose your 

 eyes upon the glimmering of the waters under the 

 wood, and your ears in the constant dashing of the 

 waves. In view of this is a bridge that crosses this 

 stream, built in the same ruinous taste ; the wall of 

 the garden hanging over it is humoured so as to 

 appear the ruin of another arch or two above the 

 bridge. Hence you mount the hill, over the hermit's 

 seat (as they call it), described before, and so to the 

 highest terrace again. On the left, full behind these 

 old trees which make this whole part inexpressibly 

 awful and solemn, runs a little, old, low wall, beside a 



