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BrigKtMm.-
ftone« ■ - * -
•GmteiBury.
Hereford^
Gloncefter.
p la in ,w a te re d by 'the R iv e r-O u fe ,* ftand th e 1 ruins o f ah ancient
nunnery.
'Chictfefter' retains -fdme1 little traffic. Brigftthelm’ffomris a 'fafhionable
/eM ^ 'fo r th e ’^ a aif "and'5 b a th in g ^ 'an %xVdn?rve#e|ch‘ exteWds*'
milbsr under lofty cliffs/an'd jjd rtfie oilier fidb’. are ’ wide' * opetrvpwfts,,
cdmpofeB^of num’erohs verdant hills, di verbified ‘wlfo' winding -'eavitils r
towards1 Shdlhhan^a^Jfdme pits oT^a kind c f'!h ifo ^ ^N v h ie® j might,
J ‘errfaps, be ufed’irffome" rhah^PaftWre'/' When'dried and ro!hjfl*by'the
waves^'ib"for ms'balls of [various fixes, ‘ frequent on'the'beach, and for-
ftiUrty ufed as-fuel by the potir, though 'Sbce forbidden/ <5mace<nint of
the nexiousTmell. ’ Brighthelmftone not only prefents the rieareflf open
fftore to the capital, but i-e diftinguifhed for" the peculiar mild fiefs and
faluhrit-y o fth e -air.
: Canterbury, me^cfrief town o f*K en t,' ahcb^iKe‘ foetr®p6lis;!(5f vfh e
Englrfh churchy is chiefly remarkable f i ^ ^ ^ fiafticS Palitiqm^s; and
th e 'co u ii^ 'tow rr'is Maidffiqhe, noteff fo r frogs?' an d threacf. ‘Kent pre-
fonts many other important towns, as Deptford, Grfeenwi,c h ,‘Woolwich,
GraVe'ffifid,'Obifham, Rochefter, 'and the famicfefable reTofts o f M argate,
R a ln ^ l^ ^ a n d Tunbridge. , ’’Dover and';D^l‘are^VeTfiafkiffile^h'avehs.;L
HavingxompletecT this brief forvey o f th e chief'1! owns'fo ‘tl i^m r ^ i
of the-'^evefn and the ‘Thames1, ‘fhoFe fd f the mid®c?fnd northern
c^utffies may, be again comiffence'd from" S
’Hereford,, the-capital dF^(mnnty,bor^ringjbn Wales/was Known in
the Saxontimes as an,epifcopaITeev - The p ^ le ^ fap p o lcd ttriu v cT c e n
founded m the reign o f the-Confeffor^is oS/the left barix ofthe*: river
W ye-/' The c athedral'is la rg e ,'b u t the town' m e tm V ^m le lem§fk-
able, having g o n e 'in to great decay ƒ 'the, only *m^u^<^ure.is^|lwt
’ o f Roves'.;.;
GJopceff er,„ the,,capital o f the cpppty fo.Called, is admired fop/ th l
regularity of the four principal ftrgqts,joining in the center, o f foe town.
It avails'itfelf of the traffic or the Severn,, whip^, ..fmopgpfoer fifh,
aflords a luxurious foggiy, o f lampreys., This town has' been recently
. mebrated, for its.neatfiefs,"and. the cheapnefs of provifions.
41 Gongh’s Camden, ii. /fjo;
Woreefter
C H A P . III. E V I L >’G E a G R A P H ? t
n.Woreefter is.alfcf€tqated on 'the-ncfofepiyfer Severn, ovdr which there
fe«a beautiful* bi?idf^ flThesffian(if&lft4 'r®s' are,J,qh£e'fly glovfe'S and wgdllen
fluffs?;; antdftK'd p@Ke^la%i fnainfajn's a higlVjr'e g u t t ,/(-
On efteerneicj? the moft
.ffnlan'^andncfeBhtagcal^qfpthe’:E‘^ a i® tpi’^yps; wheftp^Pperhaps^ ,th'e mili-|j
tarys’p k S f e o f fendirlg2 a 'lin^ltllCQyqiltry, whei’dfoewo'uMf be- foe inoft
tempf'd frOfo’C fli^ eV '' * - T d f a ® u | e 4| aM ^ k f l '^ r ib h h n s ,. with "a
few gauzes " a n d a^teE
being ’mueh/d’auligMlj by" thi> I a^fei@f « & l s l t i a^bMenjfekep- down *\
- Tfte ne'xt memorable tovv^n^^l^^lclSj^fe^fapitaldof iforffflk, fifom
Ir<ilpirc^eyqr,''nop'men-
Uoncd^t*fll; the^year|fefip4'i wfienk itJm<as (^ui n e i l /n y i tD h n e j s l I T h e
w:d rfte ft? 1 ^W i# ^ ^ ^ ,f s^Wbflft1ft^'hav^^p.iutfb'dfiGed/Hgiie%y the
IIcihirftp^ 11 tile F2th c c ilu iv , and w is lol'chj ccL bv .thajii of frvcS’
M tzs, b®'n|l^fefeM, j^ c .^ ^O fllMt’e fth ’d; ‘daJiVafk;^ t imlcfs,lVrtfjfcs,‘ Huff-,,
&c: he're;wi ought, hah c burfrconlpVcd at
.Mftthe jd^c^fffb'n^ S n d 'tK ^ ^ e r jj^ f iQ r f 'o J ^ ^H r^ e ^ b y
v^af,--have c0rifid*eEa1|ly leflene'a|thm?lf|if{TOfl|idri,'.1 TfreJ w§J>Ms. chiefly
frbm' the*^dflt'ie'^^foEinecdn,/^&fo!eft,erj anjf N o r f l i a n 1 1 i'e ■ 'el 1 ief
estpartgiti^Sllatod, G'ermar^la^id'lllbe ’If'opwich i ‘s
o f ^ o » f e ^©pnl&EiS a n d '- e k te f if iy e b u t the a^e/|%iffltiad, 'arid
dev^qj^ipyi
Yarfaeutli.’is apfosed* fea^poSf^wilih, al beaiffiftfi^P^y^aiiffl Tema i-lei
ftS d^f<rih;l'^eS5.of «aefearefri^ M ay aifo ^uivtV'4 ,?^(^1<-r i*n3^ t^1'’'
and No.vemb,er : tire latter cured‘b y lalt^ and dsiedbm the ^hqojier ot^
Wffddvar^cMBM^elj^l^sifmgs^ a&d^ttefid^i^0nte jfonffu.intpti(^ 4 ^ 1' a
conflid e, aMcl^ voflexpof t to! S ^ tf fa n d Jiafyl'T.'
ep4bceedfoginorthwardSj Lidcoin~'1 nfill^Sirfoft'h t l L m t i n b u g h ;
tfow p i j i c ^ f ^ a footm iiS|flirme^fotne,, ;Thfr fi^eridE/pf tlidv’oktl^etlrai
rs-admiredfor its lighthefsjand magnificencjef" il^iJ ihqep%^ tir&a^nl&y
form k celebrated breed-, but 'the1 w o ^ f l ^ p foJlNcMmchf ’ L in i
coin trades in^Coals, imported ot$ tbfe T r e n t..' ’
I # 'A Bifhop’s
C lTIIS AND-
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Woreefter.
Coventry.
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