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rivfd at Mr. Shelly 's farm on the ** Grnni|ii;iii 

 Hillri." Proceeding f^ix nnlos l)cyo]Hl, we crns.-vii 

 the sjjleiidid new road, ioriuing a ]>ortioii ol" the 

 gr^^t sowthcntt litt^ ; it mas wide, yet ttnbeaten ; 

 Ik ilense £^€St bounding it mi eitber side fts 

 as the eye could reacli, tlie felled trees heiiig 

 l)hieed aloii*:^, to jioiiit out the hrea<ltli of the 

 road. This did not appear ret^uisiite, as the thiek 



At a short iBstanfie fiit&fer we tatmil 



off the more direct road, and aiftiv^ Mr, 

 Barber's hirui, close to wliieh com m cures the 

 extraordinary and extensive fissure, called the 

 " SbooJfeihKri (itdiHee*'*^ ^tending tln*ough a 

 Xarg0 tract of mmttty t& tlie ^ea ^dast. This 

 tma possesses natural heaiities of a sublime 

 and romautie eharsicter ; l)ut tlie soil is princi- 

 pally rocky, an^l does not seem to possess tbe va- 

 luable requisites to a settler, that of arable hiud 

 and good Bbaep j^^astmfS, ^ any quantity. To 

 a visitor, however, the romance beaiitiea of tbe 

 Gullies are sufficient oI»jects of attraction ; and> 

 accompanied by Mr. Hume, scninr, I was taken, 

 at a very short distance from the lioiise, to as 



Splendid a s^ene a$ lias been perhaps yet dis- 

 covered in this iilteiNsfitang and peculiar coim- 

 try. I much ri'orct tliat time did not permit 

 jne to raakeaclosea* exaiuiuatioji of these gullies. 



