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were its illusions ; and every faculty of the in- 

 vention was occupied in combining the labor 

 of myriads of hands, and of hundreds of ages, 

 to raise an edifice, whose magnificence and 

 splendor should be worthy the Omniscient, 

 Omnipotent Architect of the universe. While 

 the powers of recollection remain, no period 

 to which my life may be extended will obliterate 

 the sublimity and beauty which nature here dis- 

 plays ; and which, as the pencil or the graver 

 can faintly imitate, description must wholly 

 fail. 



The accommodations for refreshment at 

 Plasket, after such a contemplative feast, were 

 so very humble that we proceeded on about 

 two miles to Bush Mills, where we found them 

 very tolerable. The town is small, but it seems 

 to be in a thriving state. In passing through 

 the street, I observed a school : as it was the 

 first which we had noticed, I determined to pay 

 it a visit. The number of scholars was about 

 sixty children, from the very lowest orders of 

 the people. The master was well disposed to 

 favor us with a specimen of their progress ; but 

 their provincial accent was so strong, that it 

 was with great difficulty the sense of what they 

 read could be collected. Unwilling to have it 

 supposed that this defect in his pupils originated 



