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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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I
ought
to
have
mentioned
the
park,
though,
as
we
were
not
allowed
to
walk
there,
we
saw
but
little
of
it.
It
looked
pleasant,
as
all
parks
with
fine
trees
must
be,
but,
as
it
seemed
to
be
only
a
large,
nearly
level,
plain,
it
could
not
be
a
particularly
beautiful
park,
though
it
borders
upon
the
Clyde,
and
the
Avon
runs,
I
believe,
through
it,
after
leaving
the
solitude
of
the
glen
of
Baroncleugh.
Quitted
Hamilton
at
about
eleven
o'clock.
There
is
nothing
interesting
between
Hamilton
and
Glasgow
till
we
came
to
Bothwell
Castle,
a
few
miles
from
Hamilton.
The
country
is
cultivated,
but
not
rich,
the
fields
large,
a
perfect
contrast
to
the
huddling
together
of
hills
and
trees,
corn
and
pasture
grounds,
hay-stacks,
cottages,
orchards,
broom
and
gorse,
but
chiefly
broom,
that
had
amused
us
so
much
the
evening
before
in
passing
through
the
Trough
of
the
Clyde.
A
native
of
Scotland
would
not
probably
be
satisfied
with
the
account
I
have
given
of
the
Trough
of
the
Clyde,
for
it
is
one
of
the
most
celebrated
scenes
in
Scotland.
We
certainly
received
less
pleasure
from
it
than
we
had
expected;
but
it
was
plain
that
this
was
chiefly
owing
to
the
unfavourable
circumstances
under
which
we
saw
it--a
gloomy
sky
and
a
cold
blighting
wind.
It
is
a
very
beautiful
district,
yet
there,
as
in
all
the
other
scenes
of
Scotland
celebrated
for
their
fertility,
we
found
something
which
gave
us
a
notion
of
barrenness,
of
what
was
not
altogether
genial.
The
new
fir
and
larch
plantations,
here
as
in
almost
every
other
part
of
Scotland,
contributed
not
a
little
to
this
effect.
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