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As I have more than once however oblcrved, 

 that fcenes of all kinds, and diftances the moft 

 of all, are fo diverfified by the circumftances, 

 under which they are examined, that no fingle 

 view can give an adequate idea of them ; I 

 wiih, before I fhut up thefe foreft-fcenes, to 

 add a fuller illuftration of this great truth ; 

 which fhould always be in the recojlecftion of 

 every pi(flurefque obferver of nature. The 

 example I fhall colled: for this purpofe, fliall 

 be the fcenery around the parfonage-houfe, at 

 Vicar's-hill ; not fo much becaufe it is a 

 plealing fcene in itfelf, as becaufe lying con- 

 stantly before my eye, it is the befl inftance 

 I can have : for no one can make remarks of 

 this kind on a fcene, which he has not fre- 

 quently examined. 1 muft firfl: defcribe 



the fcenery, before I remark the feveral cir- 

 cumftances, under which it is often varied. 



Vicar's-hill is a knoll, falling gently, on 

 the eaft, to a grand woody bank, part of the 

 wild grounds of fir Harry Burrard — on the 

 fouth, towards the channel, and the ifle of 

 Wight — and on the weft towards Lymington- 

 river — all which it overlooks. As it ftands 



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