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Among otherferms alwiit Yas Plains is ^' Mi)imt 

 Laviiiia/' tlic projierty (tf my latr fellow -tru\ fi- 

 ler, Henry O'liricn, Es(|., at. wliojjt; place 1 

 passed many agreeable days during my sojourn 

 at Yea. The honse has hem erecteel in a pie- 

 taresqtl!^ tt^iiatioii, upon a hill of modcrtitc ele- 

 vation, near tlie base of wliich the Yas river 

 winds its course : the effect, on the approach to 

 the Iiouse, is extremely pretty ; the view from 

 the MU overlopks a good mks&i of pictur^tie 

 comilfifj ifce gressfees* part is devoted to sheep 

 pasturage ; and some portion of arable land is 

 alone wantino- to make tins spot still morv charm- 

 ing. From another hill, on the plains, a short 



verdant downs, surrounded in the distance by 

 thinly-wooded hills, terminated in the south- 

 west direction by distant blue mountains, near 



The plains were animated by herds of cattle, 

 flneks of sheep, and trooi)6 of liorses, grazing, 

 reposing, or exercising i the whole combination 

 of tliis beautiful scenery excited the most plea^ 

 x^sensation$i vM<ih vmeh^i^tismdbfit&Eaiig-' 

 Usli character, and cause the settler to reflect less 

 on tlie remoteness from Iiouie ; when surrounded 



