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EG.772.057
20-27 Oct 1772:493 (5/222)
London, September 2. Extract of a letter from Burslem, July
1.
Yesterday we took a walk to the famous subterranean canal at
Harecastle, 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 is not yet filled with water, we entered into
it, one of the party repeating the beautiful lines of Virgil
which describe 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 Brindley, it may 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 echoed and re-echoed along a cavern near two
thousand yards in length.
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