ix . 77^ N A TU RA L H I S TO RY of • . ■
ori as itis'rotfaeriwiife commoHy call'd, ^ylrdourdwy ifknd
Caer by way of Exc ellen cey' aaMr. Cambden obferyes, ; to
diftinguifh it front thb other Gaerlem, ox Caemsk, in
fLputh Wales. The Latin Hiftorians ffcile it Ceflria, that is
a jGaflris which the Romans hadfix'd there^jand. LefyatyMa,
that is, [the. City bf the Leghorn. I Itlhasl likewife been
ftil ed ■( ajiiMefident .fiteta: the Roman Tiles duff up?theri)
‘Deunana, ‘Deeua3 and Devana Givitas j and ; thefeframes I
prefume to be attributed tbMt: from its Proximity to the
Ri^er S^^wtfsId later dkges. 'it-1 « was ftiled Legau^Gkefter,
Lege-Cefre; but in thefe Days Weft-Ghefler, m'GBeftef., i l |
the (Jr^fe exprelk hS^^^^^haBds^sto denote its- Preference
toTkyehefiet, or Roche/kr.
times call’d Oxcellum, Lfxcellum, , Tlegimundham,;2ixA Les-
gria, or j-ypfrrjsrhich the Three firft denote
no more- fas HoUingfhed obferyesjiin the Firft Volume pf his
Chronicles of England) than a Rock,; an lfland, or Place
of ftrpng Pefenc^l^^hich.Mgxihh^eesfiiy .obfervc,'- that
this wasjthe Boundary of KingijLocnh^a Kingdom Weft-
ward : This was the chief iCitysef the Orylmkesobelaxe tEe
coming in ; of the Romans, (aQ, ipoft of hur aucielit Hiftorians
do affirm) thofeJ People, were;; the Inhabitants > pf
hjforth W a k li
silk? Cf^atnefsipf; this ancient City/is;ftilbtkerhiore eon-
lpi;cuqus> from thofe ftatelv Remains of im R iiim ^laneap
the fubterraneous Vaultsi:\xx Cellars through. JJrekftone
Rock; the Entrances into them are ranged into feveral Angles,
and by I what lean learn from the Defcriptioris of the
Catacombs in Italy, we may reafonably conclude,i thefe to
haye been made for the fame purpofe.;. This Inftahed fuB
ficiently demonfttates the Greatnefs of the RomanTowex
atiChe/lery and likewife, that it isprobable, fince . by their
Conquering Legion thefe, they had Block’d up the Britains
vatValeji that they .were refolv’d, not only to keep Incorporated
g while living, but likewife to preferve .even their
yery Aihes together. In thefe ;PalTages. have been found
feyeral
: JL AE$QA8}H,/ R K CHESHIRE,) See. 15
iefpyyhRoman Coins,7/,as’ I haye; been inform’d," which
mom fully Vlh#rat?^ thefe Vaults-, to havp been Heathen,
and not thofe fubterraneous Paffagds made ufe of by the
cyy[onks, ,whijehj may'. belp^ry’d in ^xxh^\elM.onaftyrieL
Thistpay b^feen.in %jGeJJar in ^Byidgy-fm^^belonging-to*
Mr. ^ohnj^Iinfhull. 7
E) e R by s.ki R e wa&aneiently Inhabited by the Coritani,
who , thefe were, as rwell as the > Cornaw, is uncertain:
The Air'vcx the Teat of that Countiy), is more, fubjefbto
Rains and Winds tharxik^Lanca/bire^ and Ghejfci^e ; and,- its
not unpleafant-t© .fee - the Glouds: riding,after the fides of
the Mpuntaip^g which,by djalhijgjqp^n them are fireqpehtby
thefuddemRarefaction
of thpMftears in the Airy; pent up^ betwixt, the Hills and
the Clouds, and gettingvfnt inth&fpaees, betwixt the Hills,
I think may3i(irhs|illuftr^te,, why Wfnds.are ip thofe Parts
fa-frequent; 'hut
we cqnf^lc^ thofe Artificial which are made by an
f^olipifo; hich Inftrumenit 4^a§gig|ye me^hje firft hint
of Dulcifying;jA&/f-^^r^r which Ejxperiment 1 ffiew’d-jto
the .Uniyerfity of ifomO'.Years-be£QF$«Mr, Eit&r.
Gerald, had ^T^tentfor doing, it ; >(whO) Comrtiunicatedlthis
@grtain,itj feas
npt liis^o-v^.n.) Hay ihg|ipch?g^yen?^icount f#^hanJs indft
mm^kahtei4tho(^^> pr^o^d foichnlbJertheintst
Ef<inient, and that is Water, ■ \
But{b@lbre;I enter upon- that, muftib^g'. leave totadd Twu
remarkable OBfervafions. The flru i^ro'illu ftrate the (Ela>
ftic#y of) the LAstmpfphere ? -The fecond is a» iO^fsRigtiqn of
Honoured Kinfman Sr., Riakard'Brseke^ Matronet.-t-: The ftrft
wap Communicated: to m.e,,-gudo Experimented by 'CkEi/lo*
phpr ddaufon pf I^4ngc}iff ^idxp of $3%
which hedid in thej.fpllowingi'manneri. r; At thqjBottom of
a prpdigipus high •Hill:calfdr?^g/(?^^^
took