LETTEE XVI. 



QUASI MARITIME. 



We are now on the bank of a rivnlet, which, crosses the 

 gaxden at its broadest part, and Mis into a pool almost con- 

 cealed by wiUows and reeds. We passed along the banks of 

 this nameless river, which takes its rise in a hill covered with 

 furze, a little above the old wood house. The rivulet steals 

 along over a pebbly bed, and between verdant banks; plants 

 delighting in freshness and moisture ornamenting both sides 

 of its passage. The view is bounded by surrounding trees, 

 beneath which a verdant bank arises, now decked with daisies 

 and buttercups. 



On one of the banks is a white poplar, a tree formerly con- 

 secrated to Hercules. 



" Herculea Mcolor, cum populus umbra." 



The upper part of its large leaves, as deeply cut as those 

 of a vine, is of a dark shining green, whilst the under part is 



