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Taylor (Ann) Mas., of Ongar.

THE

ITINERARY

OF A

TRAVELLER IN THE WILDERNESS;

ADDRESSED

TO THOSE WHO ARE PERFORMING THE
SAME JOURNEY.

BY MRS. TAYLOR,

Of Ongar;

AUTHOR OF MATERNAL SOLICITUDE," &c. &c.

THE SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
93, FLEET STREET,

AND 13, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

1825.

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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

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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

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