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cottage porch, while her dog and cat lay 

 basking in the sun before it. 



" I wonder," said Mr. Seymour, " why 

 they do not clear the sides of this lane a 

 little, and let in the sun and air; the soil, 

 indeed, is naturally dry, but there are ruts 

 and rough places, over which I have al- 

 ready stumbled two or three times ; it is 

 really impossible to walk three together." 



The- two others were so occupied with 

 the scene, that they hardly heard what he 

 said, or missed him as he passed on before 

 them : and the whole way up the lane, 

 they met with so many interesting objects, 

 that they were a long while getting to the 

 top of the ascent ; where they discovered 

 their companion seated under a spreading 

 tree, and gazing with delight, on what 

 they began to look at with no less rapture. 

 It was one of those views, which only such 

 persons as are insensible, or affectedly fas- 

 tidious, ever look at, or speak of, without 

 pleasure ; though the chief circumstances 

 are familiar to all men, both in reality, and 

 description : it was an extensive view over 



