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feem reftored to the facred abodes of primaeval and uncorrupted nature, where a .. fc 
harmony and peace ! and after which, when involved with the bufy fcenes of 1 ’ 
and among the amufements of vanity, they are found to figh in vain. 
From the gentler entertainments of the rocky folitudes of the glen, by afcench n J 
the hill that rifes over it, towards the meridian fun, one advances as to profpcC® 
a more magnificent world. From that high point of view, a vaft extent of ^ 
foreft appears fpread out, In all the majeftic forms and forlorn greatnefs of an 
bounded wildernefs. 
Deep under the eye a vaft fweep of defert country, forming an immenfe valkf’ 
ftretches up with unlimited gradations into the declivities of the furrounding t* 10 ^ 
tains : decaying timber among the frequent rocks that fpread the rugged 
lofty trees, many hoary in their fall, along the banks of the ftrearhs— -expreis ^ 
length of years the foreft has remained an uncultivated wafte, and add the weig ft 
high antiquity to the grand effed of their wild arrangements. 
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The eye, wandering over this fpacious vale to where it remotely fwells into 1 
elevated countries, is, in a manner, fixed in wonder on that enormous accurnu a 
of rifing grounds, which, heaved at length into the region of the clouds, com 1 ^ 
the vaft, the prodigious mountain of Ben-i-Bord. Its bleak and barren top, ra ^ ot 
high in air, fhews in its fhades thofe everlafting fnows which fummer funs have ^ 
had power to diffolve, and looks over the mifty wreaths which encircle it, wlt ^ 
awful grandeur ; while the clouds which float down the hollows of the moon ^ 
and fucceffively overfhadovv its intermediate fwells, give folemn teftimony ^ 
mighty exprefllon to the immenfe magnitude and unlimited extent of that 
aggregate of hills which are there accumulated into one, from a circumference ^ 
leaft twenty miles around. The elevated pleafures which thefe auguft 
afford ; the native majefty of thefe great original fcenes of creation, where all ^ 
and magnificent; the purity of the air, and diftinftnefs of vifion, enjoyed 
heights of the mountains ; probably contribute no lefs in fpreading the aUtu ^ 
charm which captivates the fportfman, and in affording high health and rccrC \^[e 
than all the entertainment and joy of enterprize which the engagements of the e 
and of fowling infpire. * 
