1798.] Defeription of the Scenery near Dorking, Leith-hill, Se. 255 
ts called the order of Kuight’s Templars. 
n the manner of invitation, one is fhock- 
ed atthe nature of the oaths; and above 
all the reft, at the indecent ceremonies 
which take place. . But the man who has 
any regard tor the chriftian religion, can- 
not but view with horror, the profligate 
manner in which the bleffed ordinance of 
the Lord’s Supper is treated in the con- 
élave. A fet of idle men, full of mirth 
and wine, take upon them not only to 
adopt all the external characteriftics of 
primitive apoftlefhip, but even te partake 
With one another the emblems of our 
Lord’s body and blood at a tavern, amidft 
jollity and drunkennefs. This, perhaps, 
may be denied; but the writer feels 
afhamed to'confefs, that he has made one 
in thofe afiemblies oftener than once, 
though he hopes he fhall never to far dif- 
grace himfelf, or difhonour the Saviour 
whom he loves, as to join them again. I 
am, Mr. Editor, for the prefent, 
Your's, &c. ' AR sa 1 
ee 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY 
ROUND DORKING. 
(Concluded from page 163.) 
Re map of Surrey will fhew a re- 
markable ridge running acrofs the 
county, quite from the border of Hamp- 
fhire to Kent, near the centre of which 
the town of Dorking is fituated. This 
is a range of chalk or lime-ftone hills, 
the general nature! and appearance of 
which I have defcribed in my laft com- 
munication. From Dorking it may be 
feen running on the one hand to» the 
neighbourhood of Guilford, onthe other 
beyond Ryegate. This ridge forms one 
fide or wall of a long valley. It is for 
the moft part naked, and-of iteep afcent ; 
broken into a chain of feparate rounded 
eminences, and here and there difplaying 
the nature of its foil by chalk pits, which 
have been opened in different parts of it. 
The other fide of the valley is much lefs 
diftinétly marked, confiiting of {cattered 
eminences, approaching or receding, 
moftly clothed with wood, and by their 
breaks affording frequent openings into 
the fouthern parts of Surrey. The vale, 
however, is, upon the whole, fufficiently 
marked by the ftreams which ran alors 
it, and which are, the Mole, coming 
from the neighbourhood of Ryegate, and 
turning fhort round the foot of Boxhill ; 
Pitt-brook, flowing from the weft under: 
and at length terminating in 
Dorking, 
and another brook which 
the Mole; 
flows in a contrary direétion towards 
Guilford. ‘Thefe brooks are enlivened 
by a number of mills ; and a tract of ver- 
dant meadows accompanies their courfe. 
The continuation of Box-hill towards 
Ryegate, confifts of naked round emi- 
nences, the fteril appearance of which 
ferves as a ftriking contraft to the richnefs 
of the vale below. The firft object im- 
mediately beneath them is BEACHWORTH 
caftle and park, now the property of 
Peters, Efg. ‘This is an ancient 
feat, chiefly remarkable for the noble 
timber belonging to it. Approaching it 
from Dorking the road leads through an 
outer park, fkirted with rows of old chef- 
nut trees, of large dimenfions, and of 
forms which perhaps a painter wouid ra- 
ther denominate grotefque than pic- 
turefgue. ‘The peculiar manner in which 
this tree fends off its branches, making 
elbows and fharp angles, and often crofl- 
ing each other in the moft irregular lines, 
gives it,a very fingular character: but, 
on the whele, the chefnuts of Beachworth 
imprefs the beholder with extraordinary 
ideas of gigantic greatnefs. ‘The inner 
park, at the extremity of which the houfe 
is fituated, has two fine avenues, the one 
of elm trees, the other of limes, the talleft 
I ever beheld. This laft is a triple ave- 
nue, refembling the nave of*a cathedral, 
but greatly furpafing in grandeur the 
works of human hands. ‘The trees touch 
each other with their branches, forming 
on the outfide a vaft fcreen, or wall of 
verdure. Within, the branches, meet- 
ing at a great height in the air from the 
oppofite fides of the rows, form Gothic 
arches, and exclude every ray of the me- 
ridian fin. I never felt a- ftronger im- 
preflion of awful gloom than on. entering 
thefe folemn walks in the dufk of evening. 
The river Mole, wafthing the edge of 
Beachworth-park, has in fome parts a 
refpectable breadth, and is beautifully 
fhaded with aquatic trees and bushes. » 
A very little to the fouth of -Beach- 
worth-park lies CHART, the pleafing 
feat and grounds of Mrs. Cornwall. 
The former inhabitant was Abraham 
Tucker, Efq..weli-known for his acute 
metaphyfical writings, under the name of 
Search. Chart-park is of no great ex- 
tent, but the ground in it is ftrikingly 
vari-d in its furface, and has been planted 
with great tafte. Its fteep fummits are 
crowned with trees of various kinds. 
The houfe, a plain white building, lies 
low.  Clofe behind it the ground rifes 
abruptly toa terrace, planted witha line 
of beeches, and» affording fine views of 
the 

