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From hence the riding winds on the banks of 

 iS\Q river, and pafTing a dropping fpring, riles 

 lip fome flopes, to an open cdagon bench, from 

 whence the views are truly elegant. To the right 

 you look upon a bold fiirubby hill, which has 

 an air of g-randeur that is fcrikino; : There is a 

 building by way of obje6l, raifed upon it, that is 

 called an arch, or a ruin, almcft hanging over 

 a dell of wood -, the river peeping at one fpot in 

 a pleafing manner, and the murmur over the 

 rocks in its bed, fills the ear, and gives room for 

 the imagination to play : One in fiance among 

 others, how much ideal piftures are raifed by 

 the noife of a river foaming among rocks, but 

 hid by wood ; the fteeps, and torrents, receive 

 a heightening from the fancy, which vv^ould be 



half difTipated by viewing the reality. To the 



left a bend of the river is leen fringed vv^irh hang- 

 ing woods ; and above them diftant profpecls. 



Winding from this fpot through the grove, we 

 came next to a ruftic ftone temple, by the fide 

 of a bafon, with the flump of a jet d'eau in the 

 middle of it. It is in a fmall area, a hollow in 

 the hanging woods, retired, and naturally beau- 

 tiful : A little gufhing fall of water from the 

 bank into the bafon is pidlurefque, and worthy 

 of an irriguous meandering courfe, over mol's 

 and pebbles : An opening in thi front of this 

 fpot lets in a view of a fear of rock, in the middle 

 of a bank of wood. 



Walking round the circular lav/n, an opening 

 to the left difplays a mod glorious hollow ot 

 hanging groves, on one fide of wliich is feen the 

 white feat firfl mentioned: This view is very 

 noble. A little further you catch a fine circular 

 hill of wood, and tlie fnore of the river, 

 X 2 which 



