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tified In a difFerent manner. Being both the 
moft beautiful, and at the fame time the moft 
pleafant of all the roads in the neighbour- 
hood, it formed a delightful walk for the In-, 
habitants ; but from a dread that the Englifh, 
invited by the facility which it prefented of 
marching to the town, might refolve to make 
their defcent at this bay, the road had not 
only been broken up throughout its whol^ 
length, but, at certain diftances, deep trenches 
and excavations had been cut in it, Thefe 
works, which were nothing in reality but mi- 
ferable deftrudion, I could not behold with* 
out pain. The road had become my favou- 
rite walk; and I had in fome meafure ap- 
propriated it to myfelf. It was here I was 
fond of ftraying at thofe moments when it 
was deferted by others, to indulge at lelfure 
in my reveries, and to regulate the plan of my 
journeys. I had counted every tree or Ihrub 
that grew on its borders, and was acquainted 
with every fpot where I could fit down to 
