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trees are more Numerous; woods, groves, 
and copies, abound. ‘The delightful vale 
of Bickletgh abounds in romantic and 
piturel (que fcenery. 
niature, diverfified by mountains, tran{pa- 
rent rivers pouring in torrents, of 8h 
rippling in mufmurs, intermixed with rude 
fragments of rock < and invi iting cultivation. 
The deeply embeofomed villag re of Ta amer- 
ton, the pleating {cenery of Plympton, a and 
many fimilar f{pots, are hichly inviting. 
But many of thefe interefting fcenes are 
fcarcely known to the inhabitants of the 
three towns. 
‘The writer of this article is attached’ 
t6 his native place: he is partial to its 
people, and is forry that he cannot com- 
pliment them genevally as admirers of the’ 
works of nature. 
| Country refidences are very thinly fcat- 
tered in the vicinity of thefe towns: ‘you 
may proceed two or three miles in either 
direction, and yet meet with few of thofe 
ornamented villas which are / frequent in the’ 
adjacent country of other populous towns, 
This is a corroborating indication of the 
preceding remark, that a tafte for rural 
odjects 1s not very prevalent here ;-and_ it 
is the more unaccountable, as fortunes 
fudde only raifed are often expended i in the. 
difplay of magnificence, of which thofe 
who have no reli fh for the enjoyment, 
conceive that’a country- houfe is“a neceflary i 
appendage. Hence the citizen, when his 
town-relidence is fufficiently indated. with 
coft and fplendour, pours forth the over 
charge fa rural offentation. Hence he is 
induced to regale in the fhade of his Lom- 
see poplars, and in the duffy atmo. 
{phere of high roads ; or railés a cumbrous 
Joad of unoccupied buildings to fiare 
round miles of circumference. 
Of the mufical tafte of this place fome 
judgment may be formed, whea it is un- 
‘derfiood that annual concerts are fupport- 
ed, though with iome laneuor, by fub- 
fcription.. Bat ir proportion as places 
increale in diftance from the capital, the 
arts and embellithments of life are like ely 
to be cultivated with lefs ardour. There 
are to be found, however, individuals of 
talent and ingenuity, who purfue various 
tracts of {cience, literature, 
fo} phy. 
We have, as is ufual inother places, 
numbers, who are content to float down 
the fiream of pleafure and - amufement. 
Hence puo lic places meet the fame encou- 
ragement as in other towns of equal ex- 
teot, fufficient for our fatisfa@ion, and 
more than fuffcient for our prudence. 
The fea fupplies our markets with fith 
’ Bath for 
It is Wales in mi-’ 
and philo-- 
On Infan'ty, by Dr. Reid sae 
of various kinds; but the greater part is 
engrofied, and conveyed to London and’ 
fale. But this'is*not becaufe 
we have no relifh for the pleafures of the 
table; but becaufe epicurifm there pays 
a higher premium. We muft not be confi- 
déred’ds void oF ta ftein any refped&t. Some 
of us love fcience, and many prefer turbot 
and venifon. ‘Fradition reports on good 
authority, that Quin ufed to pay an annual 
vifit to this place to’eat dory, ftewed in 
‘claret, in its greateft perfection. 
The dock-yard is:a’place of great cua 
riofity. The ficht of the different pro-- 
cefles employed in naval architecture may 
afford much pleafure to the ingenious ; 
and much grati ification to thofe who feek 
amuiement in any fliape. 
The en has a rampart of confi- 
derable extent. - From this the views are 
various, and extremely beautiful. Mount 
Edgecumbe is remarkable for the variety - 
and grandeur ef its profpeéts ; command- 
ing at once Sele docks, and navies, in- 
termined’ with @ great variety of fimple? 
and rural nature; all terminated by diitang’ 
mountains. Saitrum, the feat of Lord 
Borinedon, has alfo much intereft. Nature’ 
has done much for us; it only remains for 
tafte to improve thé advantages beltowed 
on us. 
* April.20, 1800. A.A, 

For the Mcuthly Magazine. 
ON INSANITY, by DR. JOHN REID, 
(Concluded from page 345.) 
NTENSE or too long continued thought 
y nay often prove He caufe of mania, 
from its evident tendency to induce a Aabié 
of watchfulnefs ; efpecially when the hours 
. of ftudy are Aflowed to encroach, as is foo 
often the cafe, upon the natural and the 
accuftomed period of repofe. Obftinate 
vigilance is not only one of the moft uni- 
form fymptoms, but alfo very generally 
pre oe and, in not afew inftances, may 
even itfelf provoke, the invafion of thig 
Pe nialady. 
It is rather, I am aware, to the agi- 
tating pafiion or to the corfoding anxiety, 
by which the want of fleep is mot fre- 
quently occafioned, that we ought in many 
cafes to afcribe the infanity which enfues. 
But even when watchfulnefs cannot be re- 
garded as the only ageut in inducing the 
difeafe, it affiits, and in no fmall degree 
aggravates the operation of the other 
caufes. 
Thatthis fhould be the cafe, it will not 
be difficult to thew from circumftances oh- 
vioufly attending the ftate of fleep. 
The variesy and rapid fucceffion of ideas 
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