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The tafte of an artificial ruin is decided in a 

 moment •, it fhould be an exa6l imitation of a real 

 one : for this reafon it fhoukl never ferve a double 

 purpofe, that of an objeft, and a banqueting or 

 tea-room ; becaufe the contraft between the out 

 and infide, is apparently too great and dilibnant. 

 The one is an image of melancholy ; the other 

 a temple of feftivity. 



Returning from the abbey, you wind in the 

 valley on the banks of the lake, at the bottom 

 of the tent-hill ; the fpot is exceedingly beauti- 

 ful ; that hill, a cone of rifmg wood, is ex- 

 quifitely pretty. 



From hence the walk rifes upon the edge of 

 the furrounding hills, which are covered with 

 wood -, and through the trees you catch many 

 obfcure views that are truly pidurelque : You 

 look through them down upon the lake, in a nioft 

 pleafmg manner, and catch a beautiful view of 

 the abbey. After this you command a river, 

 winding around the tent-hill, covered with trees, 

 and all incircled by a noble amphitheatre of 

 hanging woods •, the river meandering towards 

 the abbey, which is {ten to infinite advantage. 



Your next v;ew is from the green feat, where 

 the fame noble ruin appears in a varied fituation : 

 You here look down on the water, in front of 

 the tent-hill -, and catch to the left, at the top of 

 a range of hanging woods, the arch before men- 

 tioned. This view is very fine. 



Next we came to the whiie bench, from which 

 the landfcape is different from any of the preced- 

 ing ; it is a fine hollow of wood. 



Further on, from a bench in a dark v/alk, an 

 obelifl<: in the oppofite wood is feen with a very 

 good effe(5l. This walk leads to the gotiiic tower, 



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