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than judicious additions. But let us consider their effect 1 in the spot before us, and see if that w'll not form some excuse for their introduction. The gran- deur of the features of Hawkestone-Park, the ma- jesty of its rocks, and the gloom of its groves, are all calculated to excite astonishment in the mind. Now this is an emotion which, being intense in its nature, is either scon exhausted, or if supported for any time, is supported with pain. To refresh or relieve the mind therefore, and thus keep alive the interest of the scenery, it should seem to have been necessary to introduce some objects calculated to call ui3 less exhausting emot'ons; to relax this mental stretch; and to interrupt for an interval the associations of the mind, that it might return with renewed vigour and fresh delight to the more ex- altcd feast of contemplative wonder. I know not whether I be right in my reasoning; but if not, I fear I have no other excuse to oiler for the Druid, the Hennh, and the Dutch- cottage-

We had to drag through the same sandy road for sixteen miles to Wellington, which, surrounded by founder.es, and m the neighbourhood of iron maies and coal works, is rapidly rising to opulence and importance. One mile more brought us to the great Roman road, Whitl ng-street; where (natu- rally alive only to impressions connected with an-

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