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The pliL'iisLiut ami ptirtvidgc havi; alr>u been iiitro- 

 dueed, and ihm^ w^L At last, on arriving at 

 a mtm^ fevd mdf tbe beauiafel fertile vale was 

 seen, descending fltim Hnyt'^ Gate, but becom- 



as it iulvanccs towards the si"a, a series of 

 deep, rugged and romantic ravines, destitute uf 

 any vegetation, and varied by ibe different tiats 



Tliegi^vie^ of Ha|»pte(j!i, witeiJ descried Mm the 



lieiglit aliove, has a jjleasiiig aspect, and the view 

 of it (roiii that sitiiatioij i.s wry |iictHrcs(pie. A 

 pathway hjiuls to the phice ; and l»y a gradnal 

 descent the visitor arrives at the tomb of Napo- 

 le<m, mmhaim^ hf tbe weeping wBoi^iE. 

 A I in ( it to spi^ are gay Hedges, brilliant with tb« 

 blossoms of the scarlet geraniums, the flowers of 

 a pretty AlUta'a, of a straw colonr, and others. 

 The green-sward around tiie tomb gives a fresh- 

 ness lilld b$attty ta this spot, cims^atei bf ^4ie 



solemn stillness of death, under tlie sluuleof Ma 

 chosen, monriiful, but fjist-perisliino- trees. 



The willows show e\idiHit s^'uiptoms of age. 

 They seem to be getting naws ^d mote thm of 

 bratLcbcs. Sin^de a rm% 1 made io tlu3 sf^ot, in 



ft very fj«i«tiar iippenmivt^, ftmi t% tctttiit Hiwl brftiu^ 



bdn^' c't)V(jitHl by ii tliiik-i iHl lidiuli, wludt gave thm tW 

 appciiruiicv of" being luiiatctl. 



