Greatasmyexpectationshadbeen, theyweremorethanfulf?;andIhadfrequentlyseenthevaleoftheItchen, thatoftheBourn, andalsothatoftheTesteinHampshire;IhadseenthevalesamongsttheSouthDowns;, .
Aroad, goingslantingdownit, wasstillsosteep, andwashedsoverydeepbytherainsofages, thatIdidnotattempttoridedownit, andIdidnotliketoleadmyhorse, , Ibeckonedhimtocomeuptome;, beforeIbegintoridedownthisbeautifulvale, letmegive, aswellasmymeanswillenableme, aplanormapofit, , , andthustracedtheriveruponmypaper, puttingf?iguretorepresentthespotswherechurchesstand, , , thedownscomeoutintothevalleyalmostlikepiersintothesea, beingverysteepintheirsides;aswellastheirends:indeedtheyhavenobackends, ;greatvarietyinthewidthofthemeadows;butthelandappearsalltobeoftheverybest;anditmustbeso, forthefarmersconfessit.
Itseemedtomethatoneway, andthatnot, perhaps, theleaststriking, ofexposingthefolly, thestupidity, theinanity, thepresumption, theinsufferableemptinessandinsolenceandbarbarity, ofthosenumerouswretcheswhohavenowtheaudacitytoproposetotransportthepeopleofEngland, upontheprincipleofthemonsterMalthus, whohasfurnishedtheunfeelingoligarchsandtheirtoad-eaterswiththepretencethatmanhasanaturalpropensitytobreedfasterthanfoodcanberaisedfortheincrease;itseemedtomethatonewayofexposingthismixtureofmadnessandofblasphemywastotakealook, nowthattheharvestisin, attheproduce, themouths, thecondition, andthechangesthathavetakenplace, inaspotlikethis, whichGodhasfavouredwitheverygoodthathehashadtobestowuponman.
