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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
heather
was
indeed
the
most
luxuriant
I
ever
saw;
it
was
so
tall
that
a
child
of
ten
years
old
struggling
through
it
would
often
have
been
buried
head
and
shoulders,
and
the
exquisite
beauty
of
the
colour,
near
or
at
a
distance,
seen
under
the
trees,
is
not
to
be
conceived.
But
if
I
were
to
go
on
describing
for
evermore,
I
should
give
but
a
faint,
and
very
often
a
false,
idea
of
the
different
objects
and
the
various
combinations
of
them
in
this
most
intricate
and
delicious
place;
besides,
I
tired
myself
out
with
describing
at
Loch
Lomond,
so
I
will
hasten
to
the
end
of
my
tale.
This
reminds
me
of
a
sentence
in
a
little
pamphlet
written
by
the
minister
of
Callander,
descriptive
of
the
environs
of
that
place.
After
having
taken
up
at
least
six
closely-printed
pages
with
the
Trossachs,
he
concludes
thus,
"In
a
word,
the
Trossachs
beggar
all
description,"--a
conclusion
in
which
everybody
who
has
been
there
will
agree
with
him.
I
believe
the
word
Trossachs
signifies
"many
hills":
it
is
a
name
given
to
all
the
eminences
at
the
foot
of
Loch
Ketterine,
and
about
half
a
mile
beyond.
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