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place is well worth the notice, and particular attention of the traveller; the prospect from here is very distant and beautiful. The road from this place to Wolverhampton (six miles) is but indifferent; it is kept in repair for the most part with clinkers and cinders from the adjacent forges.—Wolverhampton is a neat market town, from whence the road to Shiffnell is very pleasant. The towering summit of the Wrekin is now and then seen peeping through the woody vistas; and the grey tinted distant Welsh hills, scarcely to be discriminated from the horizon, assist as boundaries to this extensive scene; and must be particularly impressive, as novelty in its highest degree, on those who previously have only been accustomed to view and admire the strong-marked outline of Hampstead and Highgate.
From Shiffnell we turned out of our direct road to visit Colebrook Dale. Whoever wishes to investigate the different curiosities
