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afped ; to the eaft, the extent of country is 

 great, and appears well cultivated ; to the 

 weft, it partakes of both the fublime and 

 beautiful : But, upon the whole, the general 

 profpedt was more bounded, and lefs ftr ik- 

 ing, than the height of the hill led me to 

 expedl *. 



As to the hufbandry about Ay/garth-^ it 

 confifts chiefly in managing grafs lands : 

 The foil is principally a good loam, and 

 gravel, and lets, the inclofed, at about zo s. 

 an acre the average. Farms rife, from fo 



* Afgarth-force was the obje6t which led me 

 to the weft of Banhy : From Penhill^ I took the 

 road thither, through a country various, but in 

 general cultivated ; the river Etire^ at Ayfgarthy 

 falls in leveral places over rocks in a very ro- 

 mantic manner : The firft fall is of feveral ftep$, 

 near the bridge, and though of no great fteepnefs, 

 yet is beautifully pifturefque : The theatre of 

 the fcene is a very fine hollow, inclofed by hang- 

 ing hills, fcattered with pendant trees; the river 

 foams down feveral fteps in its rocky bed, the 

 view of which, through the arch of the bridge, 

 is moft elegantly pleafmg. I attempted a fketch 

 of it ; plate V. which is however far enough 

 from reprefcnting the full beauty of the original. 

 Under the arch you catch, in a moft beau- 

 tiful pcrfpcftive, firft fome ftraggling ftirubby 

 underwood, which hangs juft under the brick- 

 work, then the ftieet of water falling fome feet 

 i^mong the rocks, particularly intercepted by 



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