T RAV

ROMANTICSC~(Nl!1RY OP THEP'YRENEES. S7tOj..hi·ms~l:f. f~enee,Jittle comfol't results tocompensate the tredium ofa journey cl'èpt through at the rate of twenty..five· miles a day.This is the season. for fruit,hut every species here is dwindled iQ.growth and depraved in flavour;such indeed as would hardIy be ad..mitted UPOB' ai :w'hool-barrow in 'the streetsof London.This place,whetl1'erowingc}l'nottoits heingafrantier tmivnr is défective ingood police which pervadesFrance in general.thatA tumult eaused thenecessity of recurrence to the support of authority, but the mob carriedtheday.The commonalty had 1110ra] justice, commiseration, on theirside to vind:ieat:c their interference at first starting in the busines,;; but,lik.e.;al:I,:ulOb.s;,contcived toget themse]ves completely wrongbefore theyha:d"adv...ncedfi:vestfrPS in it,Itwas an. odd procédure to take placeilla garriSOll.town, and, itrnight be~ said,under the eye of theresidentga:vernor.uncomfortablylodged.Thètowu lS vef'Y thiekly inhabit:ed, and tl:1e inhabitants veryThe residence of the chief personage of thetQcwn was One far inferior to what would be expected for his situation,nat onlyin office butamongst the nobilityof the country. '1'0 quitLanguedocatMidsummer, and with such a prospect as the Pyreneeshetore tbetraveller,it.canweH be supposed must afford him no matterof regre~;an,d this night bri!Jgs him toa conntry and people where aHis!!new to him~...,.....June 1784.PYRENEEs........The romantic scenery of thePyrenees, the invigoratingcoolatmos'phere,thenow nO)Qnger (nonotonons,8ky,~butdiversifiedl1y tbe 'Pleasing transitions ôfsun-gleams, shades and douds; the varyiogtintsof the tr~esand shrub~upderthen:lOuntainbreezes, and coolrefreshing showers; alltogetbêr form· atl'ansition toc> de]~ghtful to' beimagined :-i~must be experienced.'l'he ravitle~ofthese 1110untains are very abrupt, having the appearanceof heing more the effect of atmospherical diluviation than of the