HAWKSTONE,

Being six miles further in this direction, is consequently beyond the

prescribed limit of my pen. I cannot forbear, however, to remark that

the scenery in the park is truly grand, and the objects which meet the

eye are varied and interesting, consisting of a succession of hills and

dales, rocks and caverns, connected together in a comparatively small

space. The walks are twelve miles round, and the obelisk erected on the

terrace of the park commands a prospect one hundred miles in diameter.

Amid this beautiful natural scene, the hand of art has introduced many

interesting features calculated to interrupt for an interval the

associations of the mind, that it might return with renewed vigour and

fresh delight to the enjoyment of the more exalted feast of contemplative

wonder, which nature has so lavishly bestowed on this elysian spot. The

noble proprietor kindly permits visitors to gratify themselves with a

walk over the grounds.

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