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of half an hour is tranſported from an uncomfortable warm air on the ſea coaſt, to a pleaſfantly cool retreat in the interior parts of the country; which, in an evening eſpecially, he may leiſurely enjoy, till diſpoſed to return to town; when the breezes, by that time ſet in to blow from the mountains, permit him to ſleep the remainder of the night in cool tranquillity.

The taking a morning or evening's walk in this iſland, by the ſides of the rivers, whoſe glaſſy ſurface glides ſwiftly on, or murmuring water-falls foam to the view, is very pleaſing. Does fancy lead him to enjoy the ſcene, a mile or two, he ſtill finds ample amuſement. Viewing the rapid ſtreams, he ſees the ſilvered fry, ſporting on its ſurface, in aſtoniſhing numbers. The ſerpentine windings of the rivers in ſome parts; in others, the waters wide, deep, and ſilently flowing along; and in many places, numberleſs falls of water, tum-

bling