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 path with beauty. On the one side flowed a gentle transparent stream, which was just heard to murmur over the golden sands that sparkled at the bottom; and on the others were walks and bowers, fountains, grottos and cascades, which deversified the scene with endless variety, but did not conceal the bounds.

"While I was gazing in the transport of delight and wonder on this enchanting spot, I perceived a man stealing along the walk, with a thoughtful and deliberate pace, his eyes were fixed on the earth, and his arms crossed on his bosom; he sometimes started, as if a sudden pang had seized him; his countenance expressed solicitude and terror; he looked round with a sigh, and having gazed a moment on the desert that lay before him, he seemed as if he wished to stop, but was imelledimpelled [sic] forward by some invisible power: His features, however, soon settled again into a calm melancholy; his eyes were again fixed on the ground, & he went on as before, with apparent reluctance, but without emotion. I was struck with this appearance, and turning hastily to the angel, was about to enquire,