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LETTER LIV. 



Farnham, Sept 30, 1813. 



IN my last I attempted to give a faint sketch 

 of the great and diversified beauties of this 

 charming place, but the powers of description 

 are limited the meanest efforts of the pencil 

 surpass the most eloquent details of the pen in 

 conveying any thing like a correct idea of the 

 beauty of a country. Most highly indeed have 

 we been gratified with the immediate and re- 

 mote scenery of this extensive domain ; in quit- 

 ting the consideration of it I shall proceed to 

 describe other sources whence we have derived 

 great pleasure, and which are more within the 

 compass of my abilities to detail. 



Lord Farnhara has peculiar merit as a gra. 

 zier and breeder of stock. The local beauty 

 of this country principally consists in the un- 

 dulation of its surface, which renders it more 

 applicable to the rearing of cattle than to the 

 production of corn. The proportion of land 

 under tillage, compared with the size of this 



