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C00K*S FOLLY.
observes that he possesTes an elevated situatioix,
commanding an extenlive view, he dare not erect:
a tower, or other edifice, to improve those ad-
vantages, without risking obloquy, and the cer-
tainty of having his name attached to a word
which sounds extremely disagreeable. Thus, a
Mr. Cook, delirous of tracing the beauties of
Nature from an erection on the North bank of the
Avon, has had his clisgraced by the multitude,
who term his imitation os an antient tower " Cook's
folly" Nay, they even dishonour the memory of
that gentleman by the following ridiculous sfory.
Esquire Cook fancied that he should die by the
sring of an adder : to avoid which cruel death,
he determined to elevate himself as far as possible
srom his native earth. But mark the facility of
tradition. Cook burnt wood instead of coal ; and
the sagacious reptile, finding this fact in its
favour, concealed itsejf in a bundle os faggots;
and at a proper opportunity effected the destruc-
tion os the victim.
A lingular chasm, or gulley, occurs on the
Downs near the tower alluded to, which com-
mences in a gentle declination of the soil where
covered with grass ; whence it becomes rugged,
and scattered with crags; and, finally, millions
of fragments of stone lay heaped together, resem-
bling thole broken for mending roads; but the
rocks
observes that he possesTes an elevated situatioix,
commanding an extenlive view, he dare not erect:
a tower, or other edifice, to improve those ad-
vantages, without risking obloquy, and the cer-
tainty of having his name attached to a word
which sounds extremely disagreeable. Thus, a
Mr. Cook, delirous of tracing the beauties of
Nature from an erection on the North bank of the
Avon, has had his clisgraced by the multitude,
who term his imitation os an antient tower " Cook's
folly" Nay, they even dishonour the memory of
that gentleman by the following ridiculous sfory.
Esquire Cook fancied that he should die by the
sring of an adder : to avoid which cruel death,
he determined to elevate himself as far as possible
srom his native earth. But mark the facility of
tradition. Cook burnt wood instead of coal ; and
the sagacious reptile, finding this fact in its
favour, concealed itsejf in a bundle os faggots;
and at a proper opportunity effected the destruc-
tion os the victim.
A lingular chasm, or gulley, occurs on the
Downs near the tower alluded to, which com-
mences in a gentle declination of the soil where
covered with grass ; whence it becomes rugged,
and scattered with crags; and, finally, millions
of fragments of stone lay heaped together, resem-
bling thole broken for mending roads; but the
rocks