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plainness, which will render it unnecessary to take up your time 
further at present ; it being niy intention to introduce, with as little 
interruption as I can to the main subject, such explanatory obser- 
vations as, I hope, may secure your full comprehension. 
Yours, &c. 
LETTER VI. 
PLEASURES OF TRAVELLING WOOD-STONE INQUIRIES RE- 
SPECTING VEGETABLE FOSSILS. 
T HE pleasures of travelling were never, perhaps, more completely 
experienced than by our little party ; since, by carefully avoiding, 
as much as possible, the limiting ourselves to any particular time, 
for the performance of our several stages, we are not prevented from 
embracing every opportunity which offers, of examining whatever 
appears to be curious and interesting. Thus unconfined, we seldom 
fail to stop, to make the necessary examination of whatever appears 
to have a fair claim on our attention. 
A few days since, passing along a road, which traversed the skirt 
of a very stupendous mountain, we united in expressing our admi- 
ration of the delightful situation of a few exceedingly neat cottages, 
placed by the side of the road, under the mountain. The beauty of 
this sequestered spot, and the extreme neatness of the cottages, in- 
