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vifion obtained in thefe high regions of the air, that the bright fand of the P 
on the coaft of Moray is difcernible : and the ocean, all the way from the ^ 
NE ss*, to the Ord of Caithness, a fweep of a hundred miles, is v,flb c j in g ¥ 
where remote intervening mountains, like vaft bluifh waves, break the eI j c “ 
of the horizon, which at either end is loft in the interminable azure, wher 
heaven and earth are blended. _ . , o[i e 11111 
On leaving the elevated ftation where that immenfe profpeft is attained 
defcend through many miles of a toilfome labyrinth, of rugged paths, over p 
and among rocks, to avoid the moraffes and fwamps of waters ftagnatingon t 
declivities of the mountain— and, after ftruggling down to the bottom ot j 
« q’he Valley of Deer ” ’tis long ere the dreary paths lead to the level ba 
Dee. The firft objeft thatreftores one to any amufement, in reflecting on t 
enjoyments of life, is the fequeftered habitation (on a plot of grafs that P r 
the Tides of a brook) which Lord Fife has built for a temporary accomm 0 j n jt^ 
benighted in thefe vaft folitudes of the foreft, and from its fituation has. ^ ^jjl P 
Dee°Cot; and is perfuaded, whoever dri nks of the firft fpring of the n ^’ u et ^ 
Lice in re-vifiting that dwelling— will prize its ftores above the ncheft ^ c d 
indolence enjoys; and then efteem the hours of repofe more precious u 
brated {lumbers of noon on the fofas of Eaftern luxury.— Perhaps neither ^ 
verance of Solander, nor the zeal of Sir Joseph Banks, ever furmoun ^ (0 
difficulties and fatigue, in the fearch of plants on unknown mountains, t 
overcome on the above emergency. . t he t0 f J 
An eafier accefs and more pleafant path invites to the Hermitage, w i re pr^% 
rulhing down the cliffs, conftitutes the charaderiftic beauty of the fcene ^ b r 
rulhing down tne cnrrs, commutes uic uiai»v.-uuu. } pw ^ 
in the plate. That Glen penetrates deep among precipices, which lie un ^ 4 
of a moft majeftic rocky mountain, among whofe cliffs the pines an P°P in )e^ 
ing high in air. A noble bridge, of elegant ftrufture, nearjwojiundred ^^ ^ ^ 
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ing high in air. A noble bridge, ot elegant itrucmic, 
is lately built acrofs the Dee, oppofite to Mar Lodge. The Earl o > jt 
intended it for more important purpofes ; but it gives a charming ope ^ ^ 
Ihaded avenues that lead into the windings of the glen. As one entelS > 
of cliffs, with aged trees in wildeft irregularity hanging over their varl ° letC ly l ° 
refts attention by the folemn filence of their fhades, and by feeming comp ^ ^ 
up the glen : but one hears the roar of the torrent inceffantly pouring 1 
the echoing depths beyond ; and a path beiet witn nuwu., ^ 
fefted round the foot of the rock, leads, as through fairy lands, to a • & , 
between the cliffs ; through which, in moft romantic grandeur, an ‘ vft y 
pi&urefque and beautiful feenery, the Cafcade is difclofed, pouring r v0 rf> . /* 
height, and, breaking on the precipice, falls into the gloom o a e^ . b^ J 
beneath the Flermitage, whence it rages in wild murmurs away to th c o^ ^ 
in air, and perpetuated, that folemn found, which in fo deep a 0 ‘ tu f l0 g 
, , ■ r ■ . _ r- for ever fo dear to the ® 5 
in air, and perpetuated, that lolemn louna, wmui m - -r - ■ fing w 
to the feene; infpires that ferious tranquillity, for ever fo dear to the m 
gives it to expatiate in the reveries of thofe angel dreams, which ee . me j)ts * 
of primaeval peace, when mankind drew their native and fublime J 1 
contemplation of the grandeur and beauty of creation. 
* Aberdeen-, 
