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not indeed the confequence of mountain-dells ; 

 yet fome of them afford pleafing fcenery. The 

 moft remarkable are thofe of Chuton, Afhley, 

 and Efford. Through each of the^e runs a little 

 rivulet, which the traveller, ignorant of the 

 country, will fometimes be furprized to fee 

 fwoln to an extraordinary fize, without any ap- 

 parent caufe. The cafe is, they communicate 

 with the fea, at a very little diftance ; but 

 being totally fcreened from it, and fheltered 

 by wood on every lide, they have the appear- 

 ance of inland brooks, tho in fad: they are 

 under the influence of a tide. 



The cliff, on which lord Bute's houfe 

 ftands, runs two, or three miles along the 

 coafl towards Lymington -, and is known by 

 the name of Hordle cliff. The fummit of 

 it is a fine carpet down, and is much fre- 

 quented in the fummer-feafon, by company 

 from Lymington, for the fake of fea-air, and 

 fea- views. The fides of this cliff, as was 

 obferved, frequently fall in ; and after one of 

 thefe founders^ as they are called, the mall'es 

 of ruin form a bold, rough bank, againft the 

 fea, which fecures the coafl from another 

 founder, till that body of earth is wafhed away, 

 and the land-fprings have loofened the earth 



above. 



