pass the windmill, leaving the hop-gardens to the left, through Mrs. Burfield's farm, from which it is distant about a mile, and forms a most delightful morning's walk.
THE GOVERS.
A little elevated above the beach, under a most stupendous cliff, about two miles to the eastward, stands a solitary cottage, called the Govers, from a wood close by, which runs along the shore, farther east. Here, in stormy weather, the raging sea rushes furiously against the bank, threatening to undermine it, and overwhelm the inhabit ants with instant destruction. "Tis an admirable situation for an Hermit.
" In these 'drear' solitudes
" Where heavenly-pensive Contemplation dwells."— Pope.
A path winds through the wood upon the hill : thence turn to the right, and gain the summit; a little below which, on the other side, a winding track leads to a recess, overhanging the wood, known by the name of the
