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which came hafiily down from the adjacent hills, 
and entered the river a little diftance before me t 
I now turn from the heights on my left, the road 
leading into the level lawns, to avoid the hollow 
rocky grounds, full of holes and cavities, arching 
over the river, through which the waters are feen 
gliding along -> but the river is foon liberated from 
thefe folitary and gloomy recelfes, and appears 
waving through the green plain before me. I con- 
tinued feveral miles, purfuing my terpentine path, 
through and over the meadows and green fields, 
and ci offing the river, which is here incredibly in r 
creafed in fize, by the continual acceflion of brooks 
flowing in from the hills on each fide, dividing 
their green turfy beds, forming them into parterres, 
villas and verdant fweliing knolls, profufely pro- 
ductive of flowers and fragrant ftrawberries, their 
rich juice dying my horfes feet and ancles. 
Thefe fweliing hills the prolific beds on which 
the towering mountains repofe, feem to have been, 
the common fituations of the towns of the ancients, 
as appears from the remaining ruins of them yet to 
be feen, and the level rich vale and meadows in 
front, their planting grounds. 
Continue yet ten or twelve miles down the vale, 
my road leading at times clofe to the banks of the 
river, the Azalea, Kalmia, Rhododendron, Phila-? 
delphus, &c, beautifying his now elevated mores, 
and painting the coves with a rich and cheerful fee- 
nery, continually unfolding new profpe&s as I tra- 
verfe the mores : the towering mountains feem con- 
tinually in motion as I pafs along, pompouily raid- 
ing their fuperb crefts towards the lofty fides, tra- 
veling the far diftant horizon, 
The 
