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15~ TRAVELS IN EUROPE.sumptuous avenues will one day, it is to be presumed, put an end tdthe dreadful stories, whereby the minds of good people at a thousandmiles distance are harrowed up, relativeto the difficulties attendantupon crossing this tract of mountains of inferior class.The sweet acorn-bear,ing oak predominates here. Where -tillage -hasînvaded the precincts of the forest, full-headed trees of this specieshave been left at judicious intervals, scattered over -and ornamentingthe pale stubble.They pour down .1!beral showers ·of their produce,which affords sustenance to nume.r0us droves of hogs.LA CAROLINA, a German settlelllent, ls a specimen of the speculative.schemes of the presentgovernment. No go()d is rationaUy te> beexpected from this wel1 ..inteuded instance of them. If Spain lack inhabitants,due encouragement should he given to populationat home,hy opening for it the means oflivelih9od to the labouring cJasses~Whatother expectations may have beenformed il. is not so eusy· to.>divine.These pOOl' people are agriculturists. Hav~. tfieysuperior meansaUowed them to the natives? If they have not, do tbey not labour todisadvantage? If they have, is it not ashameful partiality ?Houses built upon a uniform plan, and equidist~ntstreetsunnec~ssarilywide,-the architecture of the nlarshes of HolJand transferred to amountain side in the south of Europe: aIl thut common-place effort atspecious improvement, which amounts at most to injudicious imitation,indicates but a shallow foundation for it to .arise upon. Perhaps, asthese people cannot live under those privations which a Spaniard. isresigned to, they mayteach their aboriginal neighbours new wants, andthus give a SPUI' tointernal commerce.best light that can be thrown on it.One would fain sec aIl in theThey are understood to he verydissatisfied with their situation, as is the case with mostilllp(')rtation~of the kind.