y. Y O R K: S ri IRE. 5 



Cleveland is, in general appearance, a 

 continuation and r.pperidnge of the Vale of 



York; 



at no uncertainty in tracing its courfe. At the tuo 

 oppofite fides of the curve two prcniontcrics flioot i ito 

 the liver in contrail: with each cither : that on tl\e 

 rip^ht is wood_y, faced with rock, and crowned with a 

 caftie ; that on the left rifcs fniooth from the wat>.r, 

 and is fcattered over with a few clumps. The peni..- 

 fiilar par , and the grounds alfo at feme diftancc !).■- 

 ypnd the ifthmus, confiit of one entire woody fL-enc ; 

 which advancing boldly to ihe front qf the precipice, 

 upitcs ilfclf -with i'. 



" This woody fcener}^ on the banl^s of the river 

 may be ca'.kd the firfl dillance. Beyo' d this lies h 

 rich estenfive country — broken into large parts— deco- 

 rated with all the objects, and diverhiied with all the 

 tiiits of diilant landfcapc ; retiring frani the eye fcene 

 after fcene, till at length every vivid hue fading gra- 

 dually away, and all diiTinalon of parts being lofr, 

 the country imperceptibly mcks into the horizon ; ex- 

 cept in fom,e parts where the blue hiih of Hamblsdun 

 clofe the view. 



" Through the whole extent of this grand f.:cp.e — 

 this dclightfal gradation of light and colours, Nature 

 , has wrought with her broadefl and freeft pencil. The 

 p^rts are amp'e ; the compofition perfectly corici't. 

 She h ith admitted nothing difgLifting, or even trivial. I 

 fcarcc remem'er anywhere an extenfiv-e view fo full of 

 btaujies and fo free from faults. The fore-ground is 

 as pleafing as the back-ground ; which it never can be 

 where plots uf cultivation approach the eye. Aud it is 

 rai'Q to n;.d fo large an c>'.teiit cf near ground, covered 



