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of the river, to the fall, which forms a fheet of water. At this 
place is a fummer-houfe with feveral apartments elegantly fi- 
nifhed. Whether thefe are dedicated to the god of the river, 
or to the zephirs which play upon it, I forgot to enquire. 
Night now came on, and fhut us out from all further enjoy- 
ment of this kind.- — Time will not ftand ftill ; — we may enjoy, 
but cannot detain the moments as they fly. We changed the 
fcene to the company of our friends at Salisbury, who enter- 
tained us at fupper with the fame politenefs, good-humor, and 
good-fenfe, as we had already experienced. I am yours, 
LETTER XV. 
To the fame . 
Madam, 
S alisbury is the capital of Wiltshire, and is to be 
confidered with the more reverence on account of its anti- 
quity. The old sarum flood upon an eminence about three 
miles diftant, and fends two members to parliament, who are, 
to this day, elected upon that fpot, tho’ at prefent there ftands 
only a farm-houfe. Old sarum is efteemed one of the finefL 
fltuations in the world ; but the want of water induced the kw 
habitants, in procefs of time, to move into the valley where the: 
tcity now ftapds. 
Salisbury is not a well-built city, with regard to the ele- 
gance of the houfes, but the ftreets are conveniently broad, and 
much diftinguifhed for being regularly divided into right an- 
gles. The flreams of the avoh are carried by {mail channels. 
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