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trade, to require from me a particular de- 

 fcription : Many particular?, relative to its 



terrais on the edge of the river) is totally the 

 work of art, being cut out of the rock with 

 much difficulty, and at a great expence. The 

 fcenery of thefe rocks is fine, for oaks, elms, and 

 other trees grow out from every cleft to a great 

 heighth, and hanging over your head, almofh 

 threaten you as you move. The wild imagi- 

 nation of Sahator has fcarcely pictured any thing 

 more ftriking, or in a more fpirited (tile, than this 

 variety of wood — breaking forth from the craggy 

 clefts and chafms of thefe noble rocks. The river 

 aids the general effect, by the rapidity of its cur- 

 rent j for raging over rocks and ftones, the roar 

 is in unifon with its fhoar, and all together tend 

 ftrongly to imprefs upon the mind an idea of awe 

 and terror. 



Advancing, the walk leads through a grafs dale, 

 the rocks are loft, and the whole fcene varied : On 

 one fide the river is a hill covered with wood ; and 

 you view the other through a tall fcattered. hedge 

 in a moil pleafing manner : It is a projecting rock, 

 with a fcattering of fhrubby wood beautifully va- 

 riegated. Here you fhould turn and view the 

 rocks you have left -, the fun fhining on them 

 gives their reflection, in the frr-ooth parts of the 

 river, in a ftile very picturefque. 



Still advancing, you catch in front among the 

 trees a ruin on the banks of the river, half co- 

 vered with ivy, and backed nobly with wood •, the 

 river rapid, under a new wall of formidable rocks. 

 Juft before you come to the abbey, you may re- 

 mark an old oak, fo connected with rock, that 

 one may almoft call it half wood and half ftone. 



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