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indented with masses of rock, or gracefully varied by
alluvial promontories, created by the little streams which
flow into them - the steep shores crested with woods and
lawns of verdant green, enamelled with clumps of trees, and
gently sloping to the water - fill the eye and satiate the
mind with the most exquisite feelings of delight.
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islands
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The Islands are neither numerous, nor on the whole do they
add much to their beauty; but the multitude of torrents and
brooks, and the internal springs, render them truly vivi
lacus.
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tarns
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The Tarns form another peculiar feature of this country.
Sometimes found in the vales, but more numerous among the
mountains, they answer the useful purpose of reservoirs,
arresting the torrents which would otherwise be precipitated
in destructive floods upon the valleys beneath, and
affording a constant supply of moisture against the
overpowering heat of summer. Lying as they do in the
solitary recesses of lofty mountains, at the foot of steep
precipices, huge fragments of rock strewed on their shores,
and
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