return home by Mr. Milward's farm, or strike off to Fairlight Down, and so to Hastings by the turnpike road.
To those who are fond of walking, a variety of paths present themselves in every direction, through a country beautifully variegated with hills and vallies, woods and rivulets ; abounding every where with the most enchanting views and picturesque scenery. Ecclesbourne and the fish-ponds to the eastward ; the hop-gardens to the north-west, together with several others nearly in the same direction, will afford ample gratification to the amateurs of a romantic country.
"Come, my companions, ye who feel the charms
"Of nature and the year--come, let us stray
"Where chance or fancy leads our roving walk ;
"Come, while the soft voluptuous breezes fan
"The fleecy heavens, enwrap the limbs in balm,
"And shed a charming languor o'er the soul."
"But if the toilsome walk o'er hill and dale
"Exceed your strength ------
" - - - - go, mount th' exulting steed."— Armstrong.
