S K @ N G L A N D.
R iv e r s '.
Merfey.
Humber, navigable to Ripponii -n o r mhfh th e Derwent be-Cröi^itted,
which, is. navigablento N ew Maltön,-; i pon,-vthöUghI£lafk 1 änd.Jeäft;,
Hull. v The -Hurnher may be regarded assnske-iftem o f a. venerable qak,
■#hich^W^4rttiw ith that tree,fpreads its chief branches i n a?fioq|zoo^al
direefeion.
T h o u g h the M e r f l/'p fS e n t ‘a grand eftuary, its 'Ydürfe1 n s r *ftht‘/o f
gre^te^reht? It arifesrin- the*Weft RidÄ^ÖFYofkfliire,' ‘ahd-‘run^'to
the -fouth-weft"; ’1jBt%d 'eftcra^’behd's '•towards'the''north. 'The d i t e t
'courfe is not aBc^ejfb3 miles5; and is navigable) to&S^ckym>rt,!Y as rffie
Irwell to near Mkhoheftei*, arid the WeefLrt'tb neM'-NoYthwfcli,' 'a'ncF^Be
mines of rock-lalt. "
In briefly ^efcribipg the ^th e r,n av i« a ^ e ) rivers Ob'this hwguöip, it
may.be p toper’to, Teturüsjo%the* Severn^ M ^ p td c e f e d r n g ^ ^ p ^ l f e j
purfue.th.ei aniline i 'g th c cbaftJ^'Tb.e Ävoy ^ T ^ i ^ D l& y '' Bath, j£ne
Perrot to ifchefter, the Töne t o :Tauntoh, in e /T aw jo 'Barnllaplef and
another. branch' ,to„ Biddqßard ; the) C^mil o^CBriiy/^I, to Wedbrilge.
while thg. Plym, Dart, and E x , can alio* Be'pervaded to a j i mpdcrajile
height. Another Ayoj^ il.naVigablefidheaf öffi-toOTY/ tn^reL'hvii to
Winchefter, the A run tp_ A ru n d e l,. tjhe Ö Eeweh r the" RoiWer,
which forms the haven of R y e ^ i s ^ S j^l^ .R^ ? eL .(^ bgbT%be |i,i|i~ ^ ne.
T h e Stour admits boats even J o Canterbu|^ T O | j i e ^ e ^ l ^ f e f ^ ' t s
a navigable ftre^nxas far as TunbjMgfr, O n tb e ^ r tb h Y t f i e Tharnes,
the Lee is navigable to fUftiop’^ S f a itfo ip i i i c fH e rtfo rd : the •'Cfd f l l r
conveys boats, from the, fea to flmU-bridge_ m. Effex,; bbe,3 1 acK-watgr
to Chelmsford, and anotherbranch to Colchefter. The Stour is navi-
gable to Sudbury; the Orwell. to Stow, -the D^bento. Woodbridge the
Yaie and Waveney prefent accefs. to Foulfham and.Bungay.' Next is
the eftuary called the .Wallt, which receives the Ö u fe ,'th e Nen, the
Welland, the With am, all ftreams of cotifiderable navigation. ‘
On the North o f the Humber, the Tees admirs'veflels;to Stockton;
the Tyne to Newcaftle. On the Weft; -the Eden is navigable to Cai-
lifle ; the Lon to Lancafter and Hornby- ;. the Dee to .'..Ghefter.; .the
Conway to within two miles of L lan rwft; the Tivey . to Llanpiter.
Milford Haven prefents branches navigable to Haverford-weft, and to
,„near
C H A P . IT. f t t H J f t i G E O G R A P H Y . n t
near Wi f t o t t a n d lafi.ly,1.the Wye may be puriued as far as Hay,
in Brecknockftiire. ■
hi general it may be obfervccf.of the Britifh rivers, that the' length o f
th e i^ c ^ rlb ^ sb iiflisiS ^ fsb l^ Jw h ^ f^b 'm p h r'ed with1 that <kf -the' 'Contb-
S H H p H m K 1 lij»lL!^tb (^ thS d 'lim m s comfaitli.t-\%itb' V |^ P ^ J ih ’e
'7 / ƒ ntfiih - thi,tJs£ kin. 6' ispiie, *as^i(-W bn. T h e j
Kian Keu, feT®mnU,?ahj5|hef river oi Vnu/o'ns in X^lthhAm|ricaLex-
tviVdfftiTÖugh a* p'j3©gffef8^ taÖ röÄ aA 'Ä te e ä . -|im£',s th e l.ength' ©flhat; o f
tKe> 1 iftinX . ef^olbtlie’&'outht'i n ami mit! die P mV of England'^'
prelalAt^Wkint^cön traft‘to^tlüqic c ‘K o rtn ; *?1ie ^drmef'I^ffning a
fl'<n\ 'kind ‘Ineft* b e tw ^ i J^TlY^nkv,?'fmitf’r ic h ^ n d
exfönß'vc meadows; while the p fo u . roll ,
el,1 cl n d,e\ lted hanks, ainl lctckv jmcipiices •|mid'\>vtn'
wh^hf veidant leg , oeeu-i J tftc lire «11 H 1 e5jit»s its Banks, and beds*
of .gravels? -
m *®a*m(Vint„i4 s fo n if a n q ^ r '^rand feature , pt|y. I They
arL Cither hhlpoicd in line* or, ridge*, eallccf
chains, m in- an o in aK n ijllb i^A ,, ^ h e n tj^ y e a i ^ ’VrAtfced under,
die.jiiiftYtLrni'tkAenQ^iaation, as? the A lpsfor example, o r t h l I'p q ie c s ^
they'afliiid(^reat c le a rn e f sM g e f ig ri]) lii^ lim jt? i'aiid'.def^i^ic'u^., Ig
’ t(|
feries, as delineated in fmall maps, .for the leading, fummits diverge on
both fides into exlenfive ribs, gradually melting in to the .chatS?päigA
t-qinUi y. ^ \ j i ’d the ^
■ l ^ n Lilt n t r a l i r r a d i a t e .
b ig h * l|']n ^ ff i^ jn i»*rSeöd«ijd, iS
tl^ar^ ^ ^ ^ f i kri^ t® ^ d r * t : Blanc,* ijicTc)(\ ei e^n=;ptr the
AJps^fehe and. Welch ‘ fttmaiias^fpire -to-,hdgktev.^ft,ilj f?_
derable4;- ^ ^ ^ n > - b em % 4A1^ ^ 6& ^ ^ h fM ,f ^ t' ä jb o ^ ^ l^ ’lga,; whife
is -^3 o.. *But \iVharn, or ’Wharnfide,
in Yorkfhire,, was eflima-ted at 4050 **
Evens
or r . , n igffi 1 t 1 , ---- -a ’ ® V...,, » vv.xiarn is laia to be 1780 yards,.
!2 2 0 fa T ^ # ü | - o r Ä fe et; and Penmgant 1740 yards, or,
“f l c fee^ . -“ 1S I9Ä^®‘t£nlcnf •
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