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were spread out on the low rocks near tlie 

 bason, and partly hanging down their sides; 

 others Were in bundles on the ground, or on 

 the head's of those who were carrying them 

 away; while their different shapes, folds, 

 and colours, the actions and expressions 

 of the women, the clearness and various 

 motions of the water, the whole seen on a 

 beautiful summer evening, made the great- 

 est impression on me as a picture : but it 

 also struck me as the most delightful image 

 of peace and security, and brought to 

 my mind the well-known lines of the great 

 poet, in which he has introduced that image 

 with the most powerful and tender effect. 

 It is in that interesting part, where, as 

 Achilles is pursuing Hector, they come to 

 the two fountains of Scamander. 



E»0a itr avraiuv xAumi lujtti? fyyvt t&v 1 

 tl\vvi<mcv T/swcov aXo^oi, xaAai te Ouyar^t?, 



JJiad, lib, 21, 1. \$L 



