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diftance, which is about a league, they arc 

 totally loft. 



Hithe is the ferry-port to Southampton ; 

 which lies higher up in a diagonal acrofs 

 the bay, and upon a neck of land, which 

 fhoots into it. The flowing tide therefore 

 carries the boat quickly to Southampton ; and 

 the ebbing tide returns it as expeditioufly to 

 Hithe. 



From Hithe to Dibden, the country, if pof- 

 fible, improves in beauty. The many inequa- 

 lities of the ground — the profufion of ftately 

 trees — the fheltered inclofures, appearing every 



where, like beautiful wooded lawns- the 



catches, here and there, of the bay — and above 

 all, the broad green, winding lanes, adorned 

 with groups of trees ftanding out in various 

 parts — exhibit a wonderful variety of pleafing 

 landfcape. I touch general features only 3 for 

 as thefe woodland fcenes are no where ftrongly 

 marked, it is impoflible to give any particular 

 detail of them by verbal defcription. One 

 may fay of them, as we fometimes fay of a 

 well-written hiftory, which runs into a va- 

 riety of incidents, interefling, but not im- 

 portant. 



