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bold rocky proje&ion from which alfo, there 

 is a double view to the right and left. In 

 front fo immenfe a fweep of hanging wood, 

 that a nobler fcene can hardly be imagined : 

 the river 9 as before, at the bottom of the 

 precipice, which is fo fteep and the depth fo 

 great, as to be quite fearful to look down. 

 This horrid precipice, the pointed bleak moun- 

 tains in view, with the roar of the water, all 

 confpire to raife one great emotion of the 

 fublime. You advance fcarccly 20 yards be- 

 fore a pretty fcene opens to the left, a diftant 

 landfcape of inclofures, with a river winding 

 between the. hills to the fea. Palling to the 

 right, freiTi fcenes of wood appear ; half way 

 to the bottom, one different from the preced- 

 ing is feeiij you are almofl inclofed in w 7 Ood, 

 and look to the right through fome low oaks 

 on the oppofite bank of wood 7 with an edg- 

 ing of trees through which the iky is feen, 

 which added to an uncommon elegance in the 

 outline of the hill, has a moft pleaiing effect. 

 Winding down to a thatched bench on a rocky 

 point, you look upon an uncommon fcene, 

 Immediately beneath is a vaft chafm in the 

 rock, w T hich feems torn afunder, to let the 

 torrent through that comes tumbling over a 

 rocky bed far funk in a channel embofomed 

 in wood. Above is a range of gloomy obfeure 

 woods, which half overfhadow it, and rifing 

 to a vaft height, exclude every object. To 

 the left the water rolls away over broken rocks : 

 a fcene truly romantic. Followed the path : it 

 led me to the water's edee, at the bottom of the 

 Glen, where is a nev; fcene, in which not a 



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