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there." And to such men the varied scenery of 

 a Lap landscape will present features of a new 

 and altogether different character from anything 

 they have ever seen before ; and to spend mid- 

 summer night on a high fell, within the polar 

 circle is, to such men, alone worth the trouble of 

 a journey from England. 



Any one, as I have before observed, can pic- 

 ture to his mind the principal beauties of a fell 

 landscape. One mountain so much resembles 

 another, that the painter's pencil can probably 

 nearly imitate the reality of this part of the scene; 

 but a far more difficult task would it be for any 

 painter to convey a just idea of the beauty of the 

 landscape of a true fell valley. 



Here is indeed a rich field for the botanist ; 

 and I really think, if I were asked how the full 

 sum of earthly happiness was to be obtained, I 

 should answer, " Place a true botanist" (for of all 

 pursuits that of the botanist is, perhaps, the most 

 innocent and charming) "in one of these fell val- 

 leys, on a fine day in July, and leave him to 

 wander free and unmolested, with no other com- 

 panion than that most delightful of all books, 

 ' Sowerby's Wild Flowers. 5 " I am no botanist 

 myself, and scarcely know the scientific distinction 

 between a buttercup and a daisy; but I know 

 them both again when I see them so truthfully 



