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 ¬southward, were adorned with the seats of some of the greatest and most ancient families in Armata. I am not sure that a traveller, with- out being tedious, can say much more of the newest country which he is only quickly passing through. — Remarkable scenery should be viewed distinctly, and worked up into pictures by those who know how to paint them, which I certainly do not. ¬As we approached very near to one of those noble possessions, many of which we had passed, Cathmor said, he would ask permission to view it, which was immediately granted. ¬As we drove through the plantations on the road to the house, or rather the palace, which stood upon nearly the highest ground in the midst of them, I was quite overpowered with the enchanting scene, and, as my eye glided along immense and diversified masses of magni- ficent trees, (a collection seemingly from all ¬climates,) ¬