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elevated bank. The dwarf wall divides the mote, and is covered with herbage. The walk is didin&ly feenbetween the rows of trees, which are lofty and beautiful. The principal light is upon the town and gateway, asthey are the mod important obje£ts, and occupy the centre. The dark houfe and garden in the front, throw offthe building behind, and give great force to the light.

At one of the terminations of the walks, near the gate called Port de St. Adelbert, I had another view of thetown acrofs the mote, which I thought pittorefque, and which is the fubjeft of the twenty-feventh plate. Thebuilding in front is part of a gateway to a bridge and a guard-houfe, fupported by an arch thrown over the ftreet.The building furnifhes a pleafmg form for the centre of the pi£ture. The tower is a part of the fortification;and the diftant high buildings are fome of thofe feen in the front of the twenty-fixth plate.

In walking up a high hill called St. Celeftin, and commanding an extenfive profpeft of the country, I faw apleafing effe£l of light and fhadow, on a fubje£t very different from any thing in this publication. If it be notromantic, like mod of the former views, it may not be the lefs agreeable to thofe who have dudied and admiredthe Flemifh dyle. The lights being near the centre; the variety of broken ground ; the richnefs of the fand-bank ; and the pleafing forms of the trees—render it a fubjeft not unworthy of this work.

The fil'd impredions made on me at Aix la Chapelle were rather favorable. I was comfortably lodged ; andmy expences were not enhanced either by violence or impofition. But thefe circumdances were owing to theperfonal chara£ter of the landlord, which induenced that of his family. Prince Galitzin occupied the next apart-ment to mine. He lived in a retired manner, though in an hotel. His principal amufement was playing onthe violin ; which he did like a mader. Princefs Gandarine had apartments below. She had frequent concerts ;and feemed to be always vifiting or vifited.

The mode of living in the hotel amufed and pleafed me for a few days. At dinner we had a band confidingof a female who played on the violincello, a female performer on the French-horn, two men who played on theviolin, and one on the clarinet: and they performed very well. In the evening three women attended, whofung charmingly in parts. They had a good choice of fongs, good voices, executed generally with tade, andcontributed confiderably to our amufement. But thefe things foon became familiar; and I applied my leifurehours to obtain fome information concerning this celebrated city.

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