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environed by such a picture of " deep repose, 5 ' as hushed every antiquarian conjecture, and left us alive to nought but beauties of Nature. The reach on which we floated spread itself like a lake into a broad and tranquil surface, hemmed in at the extremity by Baron Wood, a magnificent hill of the most solemn shade, and broken in upon to the right by a projecting crag, bold and grotesque, called Cat Clent, the rendezvous of many wild inhabitants of the feline tribe. Other grand masses of rock, groaning beneath the weight of heavy woods, pre- sented themselves in front, whilst looking back we caught the mill and some little sequestered tene- ments; and beyond this peaceful feature another reach of the river, under a very different character, rushing down a cataract, and pouring in sonorous violence over a bed of opposing rock, whose im- movable crags whirled it into eddies as it passed them in its fury; a light stone bridge, backed by shade, closes the scene. But the advantages of the Eden at this spot are not confined to the ideal and unsubstantial ones of picturesque scenery; it gratifies the taste in more senses than one, pro- ducing quantities of excellent lampreys, and a salmon fishery worth Sol. or 90I. per annum.

More confined, but equally striking and diver- sified, is the scenery which the Eden presents at

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