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NHG-P.772.100
6 Nov 1772:22 (838)
London, September 2. Extract of a letter from Burstern,
July 1.
Yesterday we took a walk in the famous subterranean canal at
Herecastle, which is now opened for a mile and upwards on
one side of the hill, and more than half a mile on the
other; of course, the whole must be compleated in a short
time. As it was not filled with water, we entered into it,
one of the party repeating the beautiful lines of Virgil
which describes the descent of Aeneas into the Elysian
fields. On a sudden our ears were struck with the most
melodious sounds. Lest you should imagine us to have heard
the genius or Goddess of the mountain singing the praises of
Engineer Brindly, it be necessary to inform you that one of
the company had advanced some hundred paces before, and
there favoured us with some excellent airs on the German
flute. You can scarcely conceive the charming effect of
this musick echoes and re-echoed along a cavern near two
thousand yards in length. [18 more lines]
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