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 ¬Thames, when after we are all comfortably seated and enjoying ourselves together, we are suddenly obliged to land again, whilst the boat is shooting London-bridge. — This only draw- back to complete satisfaction would be at once removed by the substitution of public places, at reasonable intervals, for the endless and toilsome system I have described. ¬On making this remark to Morven, who was now again my companion, he said, he would carry me next day beyond the vortex which involved us; and after a drive through the park I have described and only half- a- mile beyond it, we arrived at a palace of singular architecture, the abode of distinguished men of old, but which had lost none of its lustre in its present possessor. — We passed through an antique gal- lery enriched with the learning of ages in a magnificent collection of books, and there was a calmness in the whole scene from the com- posing shadows cast all around us by the loftiest trees. — The noble host and hostess now received ¬us. ¬