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been furveying. No fituation perhaps, on 

 the whole, could have excelled it. 



The pleafing landfcape we met with between 



Cadland and Hithe, was of a limilar kind 



to what we had already admired — great pro- 



fufion of full-grown oak, adorning great 



variety of playing ground. But what parti- 



' cularly recommended thefe fcenes, were feveral 



dips, running down to Southampton-bay ; 



wooded on each lide, with a rich country 



beyond the water. They were of the fame 



kind, with thofe we admired between Chrifl- 



church, and Lymington * ; but much richer, 



and more beautiful. Two of the moft ftrikino: 



of thefe fcenes, were from Stobland-common, 



and near Butt's-afh-farm. 



At Hithe, the whole bay of Southampton 

 opened in one view before us ; but the fcene 

 it offers, is far from being pidurefque. The 

 oppolite fhore is long, and tedious ; and the 

 lines of the bay run parallel : for tho in fa<5t 

 there are two or three bold openings in it, 

 formed by the mouths of rivers ; yet, in the 



* See page 85. 



diftance, 



