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38 B'OYER*
lines, descending towards Boulogne; thence tiring,
from the Bay, and forming three grand curva-
tures, finally disappears, to the North os Calais ;
and the organ of virion once more plunges into
the entrance os the German Ocean, hailing again
the walls of Old England.
The Sun at this hour throws the clisss between
Calais and Boulogne into made ; and the rays,
sparkling in a long line of brilliancy from more
to shore, forms a bridge of diamonds of the mojl
brilliant water. The evening bun illuminates the
scene with far more fublimity. When that beams
on the immense range of white cliffs, they become
a line os separation os air and water, of a deep
blue, and a st ill deeper green. Then the eye
distin^uishes many a chasm of tremendous rug-
gedness, penciled' by alliance in faint yet perfect
lines. The reader will perceive an attempt, in
the plate of " France as it appears frem Dover
Clifss,"' to shew how near the hostile power os
that country has been summoned to our destruc-
tion. My telescope, though far from being one
of the best, enabled me to discern the upper
town of Boulogne, the great church, and the
trees, persectly, from the vicinity of the Castle.
When I made this drawing, looking to the
North-east, I perceived the top-gallant sails of
fhips emerging from the Ocean. It was the com-
mencement
lines, descending towards Boulogne; thence tiring,
from the Bay, and forming three grand curva-
tures, finally disappears, to the North os Calais ;
and the organ of virion once more plunges into
the entrance os the German Ocean, hailing again
the walls of Old England.
The Sun at this hour throws the clisss between
Calais and Boulogne into made ; and the rays,
sparkling in a long line of brilliancy from more
to shore, forms a bridge of diamonds of the mojl
brilliant water. The evening bun illuminates the
scene with far more fublimity. When that beams
on the immense range of white cliffs, they become
a line os separation os air and water, of a deep
blue, and a st ill deeper green. Then the eye
distin^uishes many a chasm of tremendous rug-
gedness, penciled' by alliance in faint yet perfect
lines. The reader will perceive an attempt, in
the plate of " France as it appears frem Dover
Clifss,"' to shew how near the hostile power os
that country has been summoned to our destruc-
tion. My telescope, though far from being one
of the best, enabled me to discern the upper
town of Boulogne, the great church, and the
trees, persectly, from the vicinity of the Castle.
When I made this drawing, looking to the
North-east, I perceived the top-gallant sails of
fhips emerging from the Ocean. It was the com-
mencement