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TRAVELS IN 
At tills rural retirement were afifembled a charm- 
ing; circle of mountain vegetable beauties ; Mag- 
nolia auriculata, Rhododendron ferrugineum, Kal- 
mi-a latifolia, Robinia rnontana, Azalea flammula, 
Rofapaniculata,CalycanthusFlt>ridus, Philadelphia 
modems, perfumed Convalaria majalis, Anemone 
thalidfroideSj Anemone hepatica, Erythronium 
maculatum, Leontice thalicffrcides, Trillium feffile, 
Trillium cefnum, Cypripedium, Arethufa, Ophrys, 
Sanguinaria, Viola uvularia, Epigea, Mitchella re- 
pens, Stewartia, Halefia, Styrax, Lonicera, &c. 
Some of thefe roving beauties ftroll over the 
moffy, fhelving, humid rocks, or from off the ex- 
panfive wavy boughs of trees, bending over the 
floods, falute their delufive fliacle, playing on the 
furface ; fome plunge their perfumed heads and 
bathe their flexile limbs in the filver ftream ; whilft 
others by the mountain breezes are toffed about;, 
their blooming tufts befpangled with pearly and 
chryftaline dew-drops colledted from the falling 
miffs, gliffening in the rainbow arch. Having 
collected fome valuable fpecimens at this friendly 
retreat, I continued my lonefome pilgrimage. My 
road for a considerable time led me winding and 
turning about the fteep rocky hills ; the defcent of 
fome of which were very rough and troublefome,by 
means of fragments of rocks, Slippery clay and talc: 
but after this I entered a Spacious foreii, the land 
having gradually acquired a more level furface : a 
pretty graffy vale appears on my right, through 
which my wandering path led me, clofe by the 
banks of a delightful creek, which fometimes fall- 
ing over fteps of rocks, glides gently with Terpen- 
tine meanders through the meadows. 
After cro fling this delightful brook and mead, 
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the land rites again with fublime magnificence, and 
I am 
