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versant with his own character, though he may have a know- 

 ledge of the expressions of scenery ; yet, from being unable to 

 trace the analogy between it and his own mind, he is not quali- 

 fied to choose a situation which he will continue to admire. 



That there is an analogy between the minds of men, and 

 the surrounding objects with which they have been chiefly 

 conversant in their younger years, admits of no doubt; that 

 the habitual tendency of the mind is to reflect on such 

 scenery, is certain, both from reason and experience; though 

 this bias is, perhaps, more or less great, in proportion as the 

 scenery is decisively characteristic or insipid. We see it always 

 happen, however, with those travellers or adventurers who go 

 abroad from romantic or strikingly characteristic countries. 

 This is particularly evinced by the natives of the Alps, the Ap- 

 penines, and the Pyrenees. Even gentlemen who have gone 

 from Scotland and Wales, and remained long in warmer cli- 

 mates, where they have accumulated fortunes, always return 

 to their native countries, and there fix, not upon plains or un- 

 interesting places, but upon hills or mountains, or near the sea. 

 Tor the same reason, those who go from England, which is 

 comparatively an uninteresting country, do not so frequently 

 return; but when they do, they more commonly form, a resi- 

 dence in the neighbourhood of London, or other great cities, 

 than any where else; these being the most striking features 



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