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The sth oj I Ybi ua rv is entered in mv eahn- ;
.e t:.<■ oi the h .ppieO dav*'ol my hie ; lor 1
t u:e pa —* d in \ jm! hi- lie \ il- ol \ a induce, a j
retreat render, d Intel eOhi” h\ V' hate\ ei n hrau
t!mI m naluie. . levant in 1**1 *« r**. and romantic
Hi love. 1 t :;»r< h u-rd to ^a \ . that he w a'' a 1 tin'll
*i -* .'TV to In id an\ tiling so enchanting'»»u t ol’ ha
i\ . • -litre it had a t* mime v t > v\ - a ken his alt a eh
in. :.t to* lii^hrit:ve coi;; trv I can - • far unite in
the sentiment as to si\ , that could 1 he charms ol
n\ ion i-n scene! y .shake t!ie mi>t:;!ir V of m\
lh eti ui idr n.\ n:iti\e ‘.Imi i >, the lock'. «ali
odes, ami watt i-, the hhrnu and \erdute, 1L.
■ e c 1 u s i r j 11 and r 111:11 quiet of this little val!« y,
* ‘‘a reel y surp.tsseii h\ that which the ima^ina
11■ ol dohni-on has created in tin pn^es of lias
s• las. would present the strongest t> mptutionv
lieie, if an\ wijen on ea i, h, mi^ht a n si a >■* j
'pint lay down the himh n ol its cares and hr at j
peace, tnnhu^r a r« tin nient so tranquil. that there i
mild he hut a slight transition from the repose i
d'a Cottage to that ol the ^aave. Ihlt the e\pe
;:‘‘fit has once hern tried w i t li so It! tie success. i
»' to olh r lew inducements to a r« petiti us : and !
my en joyment (if such an clvvimti '\ ill probably •
Ije confined t,i a short and single vi-;(.
\ ucluse is hidden amomr the lolls, iitiirtecn ;
-r fillern 111iii■ > in a north eastern dirt «_• ti<>n from j
\tiU'iinn. Having made our ai ramreiBtints tin’ i
'•vi nine J>vo\ inns, \vc Id! in a po-t ehai-a- at the |
in" n i'I >!.'%■- while tin- stars \v<*rt‘ t et liriidil in |
i <• lt.)ii '11• and !i an-parent <im>aniriit. The 1
.rradnal adv.-nee. n| morning, limn tln‘ utray j
t " iiiaht nh the hot i/nil to skit s III' the softest and j
ra iled lines, were (It liahffnl. At h-nuth tin miii ;
r ise in all its splendor, and poured a "’olden |
lie.al nl I:u!11 upon the landscape and the hatlle j
ments of the nneient citv, now seen in 1 lie (Its 1
t.mee and I'eediri"' From onr view I "nn a |
yrei n e mi n t nee. frowned with o rid ends ul'oli 11 -, I
the - ye e a tidies a wide and t nr haul ill" pi-, .spent ;
of the t ale o( the llle ne on one si,!,-, and mi die
other, ot a Fertile plain, (•pi nitte between lie- ;
lulls towards \ aoelose.
I'as'insr the little whit-' tdla/eoF Mull* I ,
seated upon the hrow ol a Ini! of the same iiaine ;
anti dies,: of T-.re and (.'aid: in. ocrnpvin^ the
hosont ol ;t i-ieh valh a lievontl. we r aided the
hanks of Ihe Sortria at ! lie. a pretty town
standing upon both si I s i a ideal' stream,
whit'll leads the travel].-; t-.t a tie ip ale the purity
and copiousness of the fountain v.Iier.fi. iten.a
nates. Its n.-isv and tiin;u 1 waters halhe the
rerv thr-sle his of some of the ' id .ar-.t- 'm
trotn their windows may sec the trout pi tvinij
upon tin; pebbly bottom. On t -ither hank ”T<»\ ns
of tires have Ihtii phint«-»!. and avenues I*»r
public walks opened, embellished willi a ilf^n c
of t;t>11- seldom found united with rustic simph
city.
I5< -yond I. Ik*, the. country becomes more
solitary. 'I'lie path winds through unfenced
fit-ids, burdeiinir upon the riirht hand of tin N»r ;
:;ia, winch lor sotnc miles i' lost ^^!11 of. till it
au'ain suddenly bursts upun 11»• ■ e\ e <d the \ i'it
ant, in it hr tutitul cascade ut the entrance ul
the. vale ot \ auclnse. (hi one side ut the tails,
tin- rock.** are In^h, broken, and precipitous;
and on the other, then- U but just room enough !
lor a path between the base ut a rid^e «.! lulls
and tin* mai;.iu of the stream. The gor^'e opens
in such a manner, that the valley and the foun
tain are entirely secluded Irum the rest of the
w or Id. and cannot he di'cov ered, till the 1 rav i 1
lei finds hniisi ll in tin* bo'oin oj tin- ub ii, m
closed on every side, by lult\, bald, and craii'U'V
mount a ms. ,
from the pass fo tin* bead ol them alley is per
blips a nub and a half Alon^ both sides ul the
Nn*uia are narrow belts ul aliuvian, clo-tln d in
tin- hvi lle>1 ^reen.and burden d by trees,a 11 lulltc
wha h was the almond already in full bloom.
Its ibiwer is delicious in cornph xmn as well as
m i: a" : ancr ; and was doubly grateful from
h'-ii!r lownd in thi" srijuesti j, <j retreat, as also ;
I n all I' iin” the first indications of the return
«•( sp.).,^ \ , nutation was here several weeks
in a l\ .inn■ of tin ad jacent count r\ . nw in^c to a
souther .*: e\p.»sinr. to constant i: l ibation, and
a!*■ *\ c alb to a *ecurit\ against the ic\ w inds
ti tu t fa ■ iii*i t! i (hi the il ay id’ our \ bit. the air
po-^i -ssrd the ti Ii:pej;: tU'C ul M \\ . a ini tin* "'.it
e*t grilles breathed around u>. I he sum- cau-t s
must operate the w hole year-, and it may he
doubted wlietlu r tin* hosts o| winter are severe
ill this Ml n’t \ \ ;;!•*. eili I •• :soUK d ill t ll C luMll ul il
Cl'-'Cent a in lii; tin- hills.
1 mu our »■;; 1mue ;it !! j« • mi util inn. which
1m-.si" tin* iriiiu' of ■* Tin* Two Lamas," and
l:iUinVC the lunlhud for a unde. we traced up
tin- ^ihcr vtiv.ini ol tin* Soruia In it'' fountain.
Nothin;: can he moi e < xouNilf lv beautiful ' 1 ’jh
water is a> cl ar as crv-tai, hrjuu as perfectly
tran-parra! as air its» 11. am! of such depth as to
exhibit all tin- Inn - of tin j-m kv Inal reflected
iron) tin* surface of tin rum nt. \\ c cmmt' <1
si\ or sc\m distinct colors. >-n h as ^men. pur
pi *. him*. ami while, bhndmu lv tin- most d< h
cate shades, and tormina the most splendid
piece <d. Injun! )iK‘S-iic nuiu'inable. This i- a
'Inking peculiarity. winch distinguishes the
Nil ;* i.t i i -: 11 all utlnj >tit am-.
I’i nil the cascade :»1 r* :»d\ mentioned, at the
nut !• t of tin* valley. to the trim tain, tin* current
!-> tin* \\ h«.|e u;iv so r.ipid as lVr(juenf 1 v to break
o\rp tin* l ock >; and in several places ar e jall
(d eon-nlei able height, the murmurs ol which
fill tic deli and die away in echoes unions the j
lulls Tin cmifiN-il ;im! perpntu .l uproar sent
h.u k upon tin ear in hollow re\ erhe rut inns from
tin* dills, has an mde-cnhahh* effect iri soothing
the muni, and in luilinu the f'cehnyjs into a pleas
inu' melancholy. Nuinteiin*r alon^ tin- ^ven
maruin of the stream, we often pau-eil to read
Pi-trarrh. ami to think how oft n he had watch
ed the descent and listened to-the mu-ic ol tin'
same hiayiit waters! So vidd are the impres
mou* produced »-y the enchanting seem-, fhsit
tin1 lulls serin scar.'. lx to l.axe fot;oUrn tin
iianir ul I .am .1—
“.lr ivdcin.iid.tis l.aure a IVa ho do valloo,
1.1 l'rclio n’axait p.^1111 nn'. ia n .!.,u\ nmn.'!
Hul I liavr not \it i'oik I ii> t • d Ilu reader le
tin- fountain it"< IT. I e linn :ij.pieach xx illi tin .
and jjaze at tin- irlassv. daik. and fathnuilc
ahvss i,l wall r~. '!. r|inm at tin- lai'e id an im
I at III lilt: (dill, xx Ini h 11 - s to tin In i, lit of ad. ot
si\ In null i'll 11 c!. and st lakes I lie 'p flat of xx i'h
axxe The semi circul.,i liasin, tin- rliold nl
winch is formed lx the shelxine hase <.| tin
lininiitain, i~ pci Imps tw rut\ h i t in dinmrti i
lla hnttnlli lias Hex ei hern reached I \ tlirlonu
( st lines. iSot a xx ax e, mu'a I ipple, nor a hid
I lie, is seen Upon the uni I '‘I,' n sill luce not hills
saxe the ri ■ fleet in;; ilnau'e of the ei a^sux a I halm
inir the mu t nr, and ol shruhs of ex .Tureen lodn'
oil m the rreiires ’I In- nutlet ol the fountain
ls duulile — sella tunes suhtei ranean. and some
tunes pouring ox er a la d id' rudi' at the Miiian
ot the " round. cox ered xxith loim alien moss
At the time of our x hit. the upper channel xx a -
perlecllv thv. heinif sex. ral feet ahoxe the lexi I
of the xxater. tlur tcuide assured O', that the
channel ollm alternates in tin course ol a 'in
trie in eh t I In1 si i ht erra ne an cm a i el pushes mil
several rod' la h.-xv the fount mi. and all atonic
forms a iixer sutln i• ■ i.11s lai'i.'.o to lie na\i”"dih.
xxith hunts. \ liti i.itx' socii ty.nianif' 'I im nn.i
zeal than taste (O' judgment, have lie' ll at the
expellee of ei *■ ctiior a slmp.-le's column m nr
tin- margin of the fountain, to pr ipetiiate tie
names of IVlraii h a:,'1 I .ama ; a- if lie- fan.,
nl the put needed su. h a inm.mi.i nt 1
< r >ssin;r the stream at ;|s some. , , m. mI'
prompted us to clinih the mountains xx Inch ox < i
haiiir tin- fountain and x ah . Hut the i lh.it c i
11' dear \\ e were ohlia’i d to no p the ai'entt ’.
part id tin- wav upon our hands and l,nei s; and
so errat was the l.ilmue. that one ol tin p.nlx
fainted on reaching tie- top of the lull, euirpi !
lunr the elude to oil in pursuit ol xx at > r ' I 1,.
prospect xx a' xxmtli much, hut xxoiild hatdlx
tepav an adxentuie of this ih ~criptii n * di o.
summit of the rock impeiidiii;; ox er the Soi,;i.i.
are tie' ruins ol a castle m chateau, said lx
soiiii' to hax e he. n the leoi'e i.| I .aura. and I x
others, a palace Imill In the hi'liop ol ( axillon
1 latter opinion s, , m to li;t\ •• the I,i»r«*>f
«■ I;t i n» to nut In-lit :<:t v N now remains ! • • 11
tin- > 11:j11»• r i ii w alls. pen Iim! upon tin* pr«*« t
pin*. ;un] forming a juctu;« s.-oe ntj • rt wi«* »»
seen ir<>rn In !• t\\.
f >»•><•<• i,111r• f rom tin* mountain 1 >y a root*
h vs aiihinin than tin- * in** pnrsm d m n ,\> hh.y
tin* top. u e \ i -11 ♦ «I tin Mfr f»t Petrarch's <**,f
t: 1 u < * * at tin* li:i“i* of M stupendous dill'. Within a
few pa c • 111 tin* i iv f r. am! (Sirrctlv under the
inoiiiit :ifi on tin- lirinv nt which 1' < proud* j
rnailMon of I ,;mra Is sai<! to 11; i \»■ «*!oi*d. \ |,um
hi** 11 i!»it ition rover- tin* ruinsoft!i*■ pm I s r#*si
deuce. \n c!«l i• o!i«!11• I«•«! m to a rrvst >i
spiintc. «rti’-lii * * iT from h.*m\tth tin* rocks. ami
toiiclnnw; with a wand tin* moss "rowing im i.
til'* s|i!r, scva rti Iwao'.it• i 1 trout -h ,t |p,,?o the
covert, ami seemed topl*v in tin- fountain at
the comm am! of then mi'iir^ tor mir am.is.
merit. These waters an said to have hi t o }, '
lowed hy the vis’ll;,tn>r,s ,,j <|,e IniM v. ;in<l fh<
cool "lotto to h to Inin a favoiitr haunt •>,
t!i**ir solitarv am! impassioned m( n v. 'Mu
•“printr i- Tam d hv -hra;' 1 • ir* 1. team h*