of this fweet neighbourhood, we pafled over 

 rough and rugged roads, along crooked nar- 

 row paths, up fteep r^ountains, and down 

 rapid defcents, into the deep gloom of the 

 foreft ; where the change of fcene was no lefs 

 ftrlking, than the coolnefs of the temperature 

 was refrefhiog and grateful. Literally might 

 thefe be called fweet Jhades ^ for they not only 

 offered the protedion we courted, but like- 

 wife contributed the refrefliment of oranges 

 and lemons to quench our thirft, and further 

 regaled us with the fragrance of odoriferous 

 ftirubs and plants, ^ 



Nor was this all, for the cool retreats of 

 the foreft minlftered ftill more bbuntifully 

 to the pleafures of this charming excurfion ; 

 which was ©qually calculated to amufe the 

 traveller, and to gratify the naturalift, and 

 the philofopher. Faftidious, indeed, muft he 

 have been, — nor would you, my friend, have 

 envied him the apathy of his feelings, who 

 could not be amufed, nor find fubjeds for 

 his contemplation in fuch a tour. No fuch 

 travellers were of our party — all were amufed 

 — all delighted and gratified. We, who were 



