Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c. 297 



and the various Makings of the Shore, together with Fine Prof- 

 the adjacent Iflands, rendered it a very agreeable P e<a - 

 Profpeft but the South-Sea I could not fee from 

 any Part of the Ridge. Not that the diftance of it 

 from the South-Sea is fo great, as that the Eye could 

 not reach fo far, efpecially from fuch an Eminence, 

 were the Country between a Level or Champian : 

 But though there are here and there Plains and 

 Valleys of a confiderable Extent and fome open 

 Places, yet do they lie intermix'd with confiderable 

 Hills ; and thofe too fo cloath'd with tall Woods, 

 that they much hinder the Profpeft which would 

 otherwifebe. Neither on the other fide is the mainftj!i st0 

 Ridge difcern'd from that Side, by Reafon of thofe the S. of 

 Hills that lie between it and the South-Sea : upon^ main 

 afcending each of which in our Return from the s * 

 South-Sea, we expefted to have been upon the main 

 Ridge, and to have feen the North-Sea. And tho* 

 Hill the further we went that way, the Hills we 

 crofs'd feem'd the larger ; yet by this means, we 

 were lefs fenfible of the Heighth of the main Ridge, 

 than if we had climb' d up to it next way out of a 

 low Country. 



On the North-fide of the main Ridge, there are N. fide all 

 either no Hills at all, or fuch as are rather gentle* Foreft. 

 Declivities or gradual Subfidings of the Ridge, than 

 Hills diftind from it : And though this Side of the 

 Country is every where covered with Woods, and 

 more univerfally too, for it is all one continued Fo- 

 reft, yet the Eye from that Heighth commands the 

 lefs diftant Northern Shore with much eafe and 

 Pleafure. 



Nor is the main Ridge it felf carried on every Breaks U 

 where with a continued Top ; but is rather a Row the mas 

 or Chain of diftinft Hills, than one prolonged : Ru3 S e - 

 And accordingly hath frequent and large Valleys 

 disjoining the feveral Eminencies that compofe its 

 length ; And thefe Valleys, as they make even the 



