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other trumpery. The farmers are a poor 

 wretched fet of people. 



This ground confifts of a noble winding terrafs, 

 upon the edge of an extended hill ; along one 

 fide at a (Iriking depth is a valley ; on the other 

 a thick plantation, bordered by flirubs : At one 

 end is a circular temple with a tufcan colonade ; 

 at the other end another temple, with an 

 ionic portico. This is the outline. FrOm 

 the Tufcan temple, the end view is exceeding 

 fine ; at your feet winds an irriguous valley, al- 

 moft loft in fcattered trees : In front vaft' hanging 

 woods are Ipread over the oppofite hills, and 

 form a variety of fteeps, dells, and hollows. 

 Here and there the range of wood is broken 

 by cultivated inclofures ; at the bottom of 

 thefe hanging forefts, upon the edge of the 

 valley, an humble cottage is feen in a fitua- 

 ticm elegant in itfelf, and truly piclureique 

 in the whole view. The diftant hills whicii are 

 feen above, are wafte grounds, with fern, whins, 

 &€. which feem to bound the little paradife in 

 view, and add to the enjoyment of beholding it, 

 that which refults from contraft and unexpedted 

 pleafure. 



Inclining a little to the right, you look down 

 upon a prodigious line winding valley ; on one 

 fide projedt boldly, noble hanging woods, which 

 fringe a continued hill from its very fummit, to 

 the bottom. Nothing can be more elegant than 

 this valley, which confids of a vail num- 

 ber of grafs inclofures, interfered witli thorn 

 G 2 hedges ; 



