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pay for paring, burning, and liming; and 

 the oats which fucceed are not only advan- 

 tageous but profitable, for they get four, five, 

 and fix quarters an acre. Thus the improve- 

 ment immediately repays the expences with 

 intereft ; the walling alone is to be carried 

 to the account of future rent; a trifling 

 matter when named in competition with 

 gaining from waftes and wilds a fee fimple 

 of 7 J. 6 d. an acre. Is it not aftonifhing, 

 that an acre of fuch land fo eafily, quickly, 

 and cheaply improved, fhould remain wafte? 



the pi6lures you have beheld, and render thofe 

 that follow more peculiarly beautiful. After 

 pafTing Neivbiggin^ you come to a fpot called 

 Dirt Pit, one of the mofl exquifite bird's-eye 

 landfcapes in the world : It is a fmall, deep, 

 fequeftered vale, containing a few inclofures of 

 a charming verdure, finely oppofed by the black- 

 nefs of the furrounding mountains. It is one of 

 thofe fcenes one would imagine rather the fport 

 of fancy than the work of nature. 



Leaving this enchanting region, we crolled a 

 very different country, partaking much more of 

 the terrible fublime, than the pleafmg and beau- 

 tiful : Here you ride through rapid ftrcams, 

 ftruggle along the fides of rocks, crofs bleak 

 mountains, and ride up the channel of torrents 

 as the only fure road over bogs ; liflening to the 

 noife of the water-fall, which you begin to think. 



tremendous. Upon arriving at the banks 



of the Tees, where it pours down the rock, fteeps 

 of wood prevent your feeing it, but the roar is 



prodigious. 



