“Yesterday I went out for the first time on horseback in pursuit of prospects, and found about 3 miles off upon the high road a perfect one—a single high-arched bridge of great elevation, springing from rocks considerably above the level of the Tees, which comes rumbling down with great majesty over a rocky bed with trees on both sides. Standing on the bridge, the view closes on one side with an abbey ruin of Edward
* The letter begins “My dear Friend,” and ends “Ever your sincere Friend, G. R.” [Wellington’s Civil Despatches, iv. 37]. |
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