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ance, ornamented with no trees, enamelled with no flowers, spotted with no inclosures, but perfectly bare of wood, and utterly destitute of all traces of husbandry or labour; a solitary inn at the twelve- mile stone is the only place of refreshment in the course of twenty-two miles. Here the little brook. Yeuse first rises into day, and taking a western di- rection, (different to that of the stream we had just quitted) marks tins spot as the highest point in this part of the united kingdoms, between the eastern and western oceans. An improvement in the face of the country now took place; ;is we pro- ceeded, the alen, onenimr into greater width, at- forded the gratifying appearance of agriculture, and the lively features of farms and hamlets; amongst which the little village oi Ycuscwnter, with its humble house of Goo; its daisi J meads and mat- tered firs, presented a very picturesque <v a ibl of rural and pastoral objects. Another renounce of the Duke of Buccleugli, who ha c.aia ' ^vo- perty in these parts, caught oar eve, on , niermg the town of Lanholm; its 'o mi >n in abroad iki , surrounded by hills, watered by a river, and Mian I by plantations, is well calculated lor a summer re- treat, the purpose to which it is applied. Lin- town is enlivened by a little manufactory for nar- row cloth, emploving about liftv hands; and a
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