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FAREWELL TO ENGLAND. 



going out to Buenos Ayres ; but we had occa- 

 sion to put into the harbour at Plymouth, that 

 Mr. Hamilton might receive there his final 

 instructions from the Foreign Office, and I took 

 this opportunity of once more bidding England 

 farewell, in Lord Mount Edgecumbe^s beautiful 

 gardens on the opposite side of the river to 

 the town. 



These grounds are laid out with great taste, 

 and the flourishing condition of a variety of 

 foreign shrubs, which are seldom found in 

 these latitudes, seems to indicate a resemblance 

 in soil and climate with those parts of the 

 globe which are more favoured by the sun. 

 I may mention, particularly, the great number 

 of cork-trees which flourish admirably there^ 

 and grow into large timber. 



I lingered long on the green velvet turf, 

 which is England^s boast, above all other 



