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houfe, and view had been adapted to each 

 other ; which is one of the happiefl circum- 

 ftances, that can attend a lituation. A 

 fine view is pleafing ; but a fine view adapted 

 to the fituation of a houfe, is more fo.— 

 They who are unacquainted with the country, 

 fhould be apprized, that in all thefe views, and 

 wherever the ifland is feen from the Hamp- 

 fhire coaft, except in thofe parts, which op- 

 pofe the middle of the illand, it's infularity 

 is no where difcoverable. An extenfive cur- 

 tain of it only appears. 



A little farther to the eaft ftands Lyming* 

 ton, juft at the point, where the flat country 

 we had been travelling from Chrift-church, 

 defcends to the river, which takes it's name 

 from the tov^n. The brow, and gentle 

 defcent of this falling ground the town oc- 

 cupies ', forming one handfome ftreet, which 

 overlooks the rifing fhores on the oppofite 

 fide of the river. It is a neat, well-built 

 town, and pleafantly feated. The houfes, 

 efpecially on the fide of the fi:reet next the 

 coaft, have views from the windows, and 

 gardens, of the ifle of Wight, and the fea. 



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