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ivlth noble amphitheatres of wood -, the pic- 

 tLirefqiie views, atadiflance, oi Fount aine\ abbey; 

 the principal fcenes viewed from the gothic tower; 

 the tent-hill vale, and water adjoining, with fome 

 other touches before defcribed, are extremely 

 beautiful, and exhibit many romantic fcenes, which 

 cannot fail of ftrikin^ the fpedator. 



Hackfall^ feven miles from Studley^ and only 

 two from S-winton, -IS laid out in a different ftile: 

 Greatly worth the trouble of any traveller's going 

 many miles out of his way to view it. 



Entering the woods from S-zvinton, the firft 

 point of view we came to was a little white 

 building, by way of a feat, on the point of a 

 round proje6ting hill ; you look dov»^n upon a 

 rapid ftream, through fcattered trees which fringe 

 the Hope; the effed: fine. To the right is 

 an opening among the trees, which lets in a molt 

 beautiful view of a range of hanging woods, 

 which unite to form a gloomy hollow. Behind, 

 through another opening in the adjoining trees, 

 you look upon a fine bend of the river ; MaJJmm 

 fleeple, and part of the town, appearing; over 

 fome v/ood that hangs to the water •, nothing can 

 be more fweetly pidurefque ; for the fpot whereon 

 the building ftands, being fhaded with trees, 

 the brightnefs of the flieet of v/ater has the 

 effeft of a natural clear obfcure, and the buildings 

 feem.ing to rife from branches of wood hanging 

 on the ilream, adds greatly to the beauty of the 

 fcene : A white houfe, a little on one fide, is 



an objed v/hich improves the landfcape. 



Another view from this fpot, is to the left, a 

 curve of the river, under a bank of hanging 

 wood, fcar'd with rocks. 



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