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days before, when seeking to screen myself from the mid-day sun among the thick trees, I perceived a little winding path leading inwards, which following, I was conducted to where the Druids might have been supposed to hold their councils. Thick and lofty trees were completely interwoven over head. The grass beneath was moist and tenderly green; birds trooped hither, fearless and sportive, unsuspicious of man from being familiar with seven stone representatives of the human species, who kept their silent stand in this retreat, harmless, majestic and awful. I fancy they were meant to represent the seven days of the week; but from the solitude and mystery of the place, I felt, on first entering, as though I intruded upon these venerable inmates, and half expected their marble worships would advance and bid me welcome.There is, however, a charm sometimes in having a little fear mingled with ones admiration. A gothic castle, a lonely heath, a gloomy forest, or stupendous precipice, are not without the lurking dread of robber, spectre, or brain-sick fancies. By degrees, however, these imaginings passed away, and the coolness of the place refreshed and delighted me. Again, therefore, I sought its shade, and throwing myself at the feet of one of these statues, alternately amused myself with reading and watching the glimpses of blue sky that showed among the leaves. Suddenly my ears were regaled with the sound of sweet music, drawn from the breathing tones of several wind instruments, which floated upon the rapturous air like angel wooings;

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