Taylor (Ann) Mas., of Ongar. THE ITINERARY OF A TRAVELLER IN THE WILDERNESS; ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERFORMING THE BY MRS. TAYLOR, Of Ongar; AUTHOR OF MATERNAL SOLICITUDE," &c. &c. THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY, AND 13, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. 1825. INTRODUCTION. The wilderness hath shut them in. EXODUS, chap. xiv, ver. 3. WHY do I not repose beneath the soft shade of unwithering foliage, feasting on delicious fruits, and sipping pure draughts from the crystal brook that runs meandering by? Why am I urged forward, a traveller still, with all a traveller's privations and dangers? or why, if travel I must, have I not an even path, securely fenced on either side, and well provided with refreshments for the way-faring and the weary? Why is it thus? Ah! there is a tale, which, although often told, as often dies disregarded on the ear, and leaves individuals, however assenting to its gene B INTRODUCTION. The wilderness hath shut them in. EXODUS, chap. xiv, ver. 3. WHY do I not repose beneath the soft shade of unwithering foliage, feasting on delicious fruits, and sipping pure draughts from the crystal brook that runs meandering by? Why am I urged forward, a traveller still, with all a traveller's privations and dangers? or why, if travel I must, have I not an even path, securely fenced on either side, and well provided with refreshments for the way-faring and the weary? Why is it thus? Ah! there is a tale, which, although often told, as often dies disregarded on the ear, and leaves individuals, however assenting to its gene B |