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without animofity. As thefe doughty comba- 

 tants of the days of yore, after many a hard 

 blow given and received, met together in 

 perfect cordiality at the famous round tables ; 

 fo I hope we often fhall meet at the tables 

 of our common friends. And as they, for- 

 getting the fmarts of their mutual wounds, 

 gaily difcourfed of the charms of beauty, 

 of feats of arms, of various ftratagems 

 of war, of the difpofition of troops, the 

 choice of ground, and ambufcades in woods 

 and ravines — fo we may talk of the many 

 correfpondent difpofitions and ftratagems in 

 your milder art ; of its broken piclurefque 

 ravines, of the intricacies and concealments 

 of woods and thickets, and of all its fofter, 

 and more generally attractive beauties. 



Though I have already, perhaps, dwelt 

 too long oil that great principle, Connec- 

 tion, yet I cannot conclude this Letter with- 

 out mentioning an example of its effects in 

 a more important fphere. Not that its ef- 

 n feels 



