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Following the winding courfe of the v/alk, 

 we came to FiJIoer'?, Hall^ a fmall odogon room, 

 built of a petrified fubftance, upon a little 

 fwelling hill, in the middle of a hollow, fur- 

 rounded by a vaft amphitheatre of hanging 



woods. This is the outline of the pifture, 



which is in itfelf fine -, but the filling up of the 

 canvas adds a colouring more than equal to 

 that of painting. Excufe the defcribing, and 

 always remember that I offer defcription but to 

 induce a friend to fly to that entertainment v/hich 

 I have found fo pleafing. 



The little hill on which this building is placed, is 

 covered with a thicket of trees, fo that you view 

 every objfdl by varying your pofinon either clearly, 

 or partly oblcured by intervening trees, which 



makes the whole pifturefque. The river 



gives a bend at your feet, imbanked by hang- 

 ing woods : the white building, fiift mentioned, 

 peeping from among them in one fpot, and 

 a fine Icar of rock in another. Under the feat, 

 the ftreani is rapid, raging over rocks, and wind- 

 ing away under wails of them, covered with hills 

 of wood. To the right of thefe obje'fls, the other 

 hills appear in a fine ftile, one in particular 

 covered with flirubby wood, projeds in a magni- 

 ficent fweep that cannot but fcrike the fpectator 

 with fome degree of awe. All the furrounding 

 ones appear from hence in fine waves, rearing 

 their woody tops, one beyond another, in a ftiie 

 truly great. 



Befides thcfe objcfts, which partake fo much 

 of the iliblime, here are others of genuine and 

 native beauty. From one fide of this building, 

 you have a m.oft pleafing landfcapc, confiiling 

 of two caicades, divided by a projeding grove 

 X 3 ' of 



