erected a small summer-house, commanding an extensive, rich, and delightful prospect, which on the south comprehended the environs of Wakefield, Sheffield, Doncaster, and Bawtry, to the confines of Nottinghamshire; on the west, Pontefract, Leeds, Halifax; extended to the east to the borders of Lincolnshire, and to the north from the adjacent Ferrybridge to York Minster; and in its compass included the various picturesque scenes of the finest part of one of the finest counties in England.—The worthy clergyman's heart expanded with benevolent pleasure, as from his little hut he contemplated the goodly prospect that spread around
"Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,
And glittering towers, and gilded streams;"
—As he viewed the scenes of pastoral beauty, agricultural fruitfulness, and manufacturing skill, all combining so
