fatal apple of our firft parent, it had been 

 fcarcely poffible we could have refilled the de- 

 fire of tajling ! Such grateful — fuch delici- 

 ous refrefhment never before had met our lips ! 

 The oranges were not only ten times better than 

 the very beft in the world ; but they were ta- 

 ken frefli from the tree, and at a moment of 

 heat and parching thirft which was calculated 

 to render them ten thoufand times fweeter 

 then the fweeteft of themfelves ! But with- 

 out any hyperbolical flavor, they were, really, 

 and in plain fad, very fuperior to any oranges 

 I had ever tafted. We gathered and con- 

 fumed them in dozens, and, after having moft 

 gratefully allayed our burning thirft, we pro- 

 ceeded to explore the extent, and the many ex- 

 quifite produ£tions of this bounteous orchard, 

 by whofe delicious fruit, and fragrant odour, 

 three of our fenfes had been fo fumptuoufly 

 regaled : indeed I may fay four, for, like 

 Buflfon's automaton upon gaining his ex- 

 iftence, we gathered, and experienced a new 

 fenfe of delight from feeling the fruit. 



The orchard is planted in a narrow 



gully between two hills, and is nearly half a 



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