Chapter 2

           

           ThevillageofMarlottlayamidthenorth-easternundulationsofthebeautifulValeofBlakemoreorBlackmooraforesaid,andengirdledandsecludedregion,forthemostpartuntroddenasyetbytouristorlandscape-painter,thoughwithinafourhours’journeyfromLondon.

           Itisavalewhoseacquaintanceisbestmadebyviewingitfromthesummitsofthehillsthatsurrounditexceptperhapsduringthedroughtsofsummer.Anunguidedrambleintoitsrecessesinbadweatherisapttoengenderdissatisfactionwithitsnarrow,tortuous,andmiryways.

           Thisfertileandshelteredtractofcountry,inwhichthefieldsareneverbrownandthespringsneverdry,isboundedonthesouthbytheboldchalkridgethatembracestheprominencesofHambledonHill,Bulbarrow,Nettlecombe-Tout,Dogbury,HighStoy,andBubbDown.Thetravellerfromthecoast,who,afterploddingnorthwardforascoreofmilesovercalcareousdownsandcorn-lands,suddenlyreachesthevergeofoneoftheseescarpments,issurprisedanddelightedtobehold,extendedlikeamapbeneathhim,acountrydifferingabsolutelyfromthatwhichhehaspassedthrough.Behindhimthehillsareopen,thesunblazesdownuponfieldssolargeastogiveanunenclosedcharactertothelandscape,thelanesarewhite,thehedgeslowandplashed,theatmospherecolourless.

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