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'Utireiy perfectly diy and wholesome, and 
from the damp vapours to which natura. 
Q. . 3re iXfinovollTr cnKior'f Xlie followillg 
generally subject. 
of the cave from the rock without 
kreijfi tl'® pitch of the arch 250 
tn of ditto at the mouth . . 
farther end , . 
° t of the arch at the mouth 
Hei„. at the end , . 
S^t of an outside pillar 
^'enil til® north-west corner 
“ of Water' at the mouth 
k’’'1'e ca,. at the extremity . . 
•^'•kr p ‘^3ve runs ' to the rock in the direction 
are its di- 
Fect. Inch 
371 6 
53 
20 
117 
70 
39 
54 
18 
9 
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7 
o 
6 
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■iX g runs to me rocK in tne uirecuon by coinpa.S 3 
hardly form an idea more magnificent 
, t>ect L ® space.— And, indeed, siieaking of the general 
Me ^ Sir Joseph is led by his enthusiasm to 
Mt ar ^ reflections : Compared to this, 
MeJj ^ *■ 0 ® cathedrals or the pakccs btiilt by men ! mere 
■ *'' Playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works 
ho\(, ‘v ®® "when compared to those of nature, w nere 
*n wl '^1 architect! regularity, the onkr 
^ ^'® fiincied himself to exceed his mistress, 
M leVt'* found in her possession, and here it has 
Jkfe .1 “^described for ages. Is not this the school 
“e - ■ 
Where 
to^ T-*' originally studied ? And what has been 
C'Tttne^j ^ f*'® whole Grecian school ? a capital to 
a tn a ® column of nature, of which they could ex- 
® OloH 1 rri liaiuiv;, yji. wim.u lucy UOUIU CX- 
''ged , ®®f only ; and for that veiy capital they were 
Ha,. . a K.,„n Acanthus. How amply does nature 
% J 2 a bush 
'''bo study her wonderful works.” 
Cv' ^®®bngs, and in this way did he moralize, 
,“g along shore, and treading, as it were, on 
-Cave Causeway, he arrived at the moutir of 
?Vii 
found tire highest range of pillars. 
-te gj'!® bare to their base, and the stratum beneath 
rises several feet above the water. The sur- 
t^ough, with fretiuent large pieces of stone 
