Note (return) — RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.
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The hills are in some places steep, but everywhere covered with a green sward from the bottom to the top. 3 On the summit of these the prospect is extensive and varied; towards the sea there is an uninterrupted view from Beachy-head to the Isle of Wight; towards the land, or weald side, the view, in the opinion of the great Mr. Ray, is no where to be equalled; and from this very prospect, compared with that of the Isle of Ely, he infers the wisdom of God in the construction of hills.