p. 196. XXXIV. Sky Prospect: "The broad avenue [at Fontainebleau] which parts the gardens leads to the top of that slope (called the Mount of Henriquatre). We were told that we should have thence a fine view … . Having sate for some time facing this prospect, we walked forward on the sandy hill—nothing to be seen—when all unexpectedly, we looked down into a deep dell, rocky and stony with the naked channel of a stream at the bottom—deer chasing each other up the opposite steeps, and a few of their fellows thoughtfully (as it seemed) pausing beside the river's dry bed. In the very heart of the Alps I never saw a more wild and lonely spot—yet curious in the extreme, and even beautiful. Thousands of whitebleached rocks, mostly in appearance not much larger than sheep, lay on the steep declivities of the dell among bushes and low trees—hether, bilberies, and other forest plants. The effect of loneliness and desart wildness was indescribably increased by the remembrance of the Palace we had left not an hour before. The spot on which we stood is said to have been frequented by Henry the 4th when he wished to retire from his court and attendants. A few steps more brought us in view of fresh ranges of the forest,—hills—plains, and distant lonely dells. The sunset was brilliant—light clouds in the west, and overhead a spotless blue dome. As we wind along the top of the Steep, the views are still changing;—the plain expands eastward—and again appear the white buildings of Fontainebleau with something of romantic brightness in the fading light; for we had tarried till a star or two reminded us that it was time to move away."—D. W. Journal, Sept. 29.

The MS. readings in the app. crit., which preserve a sestet wholly different from that finally adopted, are quoted, like those of XIII, from Potts's ed. of the Eccl. Son.