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AVING in our firft Volume defcribed the moft remarkable places about twenty miles round London, and then proceeded to those which were at a greater diftance from the capital, and given an acount of what seemed moft worthy of note in KENT, ESSEX, MIDDLESEX, and SURREY, (London and Southwark excepted), and also in BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUSSEX, OxFORDSHIRE, and BEDFORDSHIRE; we now proceed to the moft curious and ftriking particulars in other parts of the kingdom, and fhall treat diftinctly and feparately of all the remaining counties.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

This county is bounded on the weft by Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire; on the fouth by Hertfordshire and Effex; on the north by Lincolnshire; and on the caft by Norfolk and Suffolk. It extends about forty miles from VOL. 11.

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north to fouth, and from eaft to weft about twenty-five. It is divided into feventeen hundreds, and contains one city and eight market towns, one hundred and fixty-three parishes, about two hundred and feventy-nine villages, and five hundred and feventy thousand acres.

The face of this county affords great variety; and a confiderable tract of land in it is diftinguished by the name of the Ifle of Ely. It confifts of fenny ground, divided by innumerable channels and drains, and is part of a very fpacious level, containing three hundred thoufand acres of land, and extending from this county into Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonfhire, and Lincolnshire. The Ifle of Ely is the northern divifion of the county, and extends fouthward almoft as far as Cambridge. The whole level of which this is part, is bounded on one fide by the fea, and on the others by uplands, which, taken together, form a kind of rude femi-circle, refembling a horfefhoe. As this part of the county is all meadow and fen ground, vaft herds of cattle are bred here; and the numerous lakes, rivers, and canals, which divide the fens, abound in fifh and wild-fowl, and give the inhabitants an eafy communication with feveral counties, as well as with the fea, which occafions a very brifk trade here. On the east part of the county are thofe fine Downs, which go by the name of Newmarket-heath, and Gogmagog-hills; and on the weft, towards Royflon, are Downs no lefs extenfive, intermixed with corn fields.

The chief rivers are, the Grant, the Oufe, and the Nen, which run generally from weft to eaft, and having received feveral leffer ftreams in their courfe, fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk. The tide runs with fuch violence up the Nen, as far as Wifbeach, about either equinox, that it will overfet any boat in the way of it; and the falt waves dashing against each other, in the night time appear like ftreams of fire: this is generally called the Eager from the impetuofity of its courfe. The little river Cam runs through the county, from fouth to north, and falls into the Ouse at Streatham-mere, near Thetford, by Ely.

The principal commodities of Cambridge are corn, malt, cattle, butter, faffron, colefeed, hemp, fith, and wild fowl. The wild-fowl are taken in decoys, placed convenient for catching them, into which they are led by tame ducks that are trained. for that purpofe; and in the Ifle of Ely there is fuch plenty of thefe birds, that 3000 couple are faid to be fent to London every week. The principal manufactures of this county are paper and wicker-ware. This county fends fix members to the Houfe of Commons, viz. two knights of the fhire, two reprefentatives

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north to fouth, and from east to west about twenty-five. It is divided into feventeen hundreds, and contains one city and eight market towns, one hundred and fixty-three parishes, about two hundred and feventy-nine villages, and five hundred and feventy thousand acres.

The face of this county affords great variety; and a confider-. able tract of land in it is diftinguifhed by the name of the Ifle of Ely. It confifts of fenny ground, divided by innumerable channels and drains, and is part of a very fpacious level, containing three hundred thoufand acres of land, and extending from this county into Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonfhire, and Lincolnshire. The Ifle of Ely is the northern divifion of the county, and extends fouthward almost as far as Cambridge. The whole level of which this is part, is bounded on one fide by the fea, and on the others by uplands, which, taken together, form a kind of rude femi-circle, refembling a horfefhoe. As this part of the county is all meadow and fen ground, vaft herds of cattle are bred here; and the numerous lakes, rivers, and canals, which divide the fens, abound in fifh and wild-fowl, and give the inhabitants an eafy communication with. feveral counties, as well as with the fea, which occafions a very brifk trade here. On the east part of the county are those fine Downs, which go by the name of Newmarket-heath, and Gogmagog-hills; and on the weft, towards Royston, are Downs no lefs extenfive, intermixed with corn fields.

The chief rivers are, the Grant, the Oufe, and the Nen, which run generally from weft to eat, and having received leveral leffer ftreams in their courfe, fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk. The tide runs with fuch violence up the Nen, as far as Wibeach, about either equinox, that it will overfet any boat in the way of it; and the fait waves dashing against each other, in the night time appear like ftreams of fire: this is generally called the Eager from the impetuofity of its. courfe. The little river Cam runs through the county, from fouth to north, and falls into the Oufe at Streatham-mere, near Thetford, by Ely.

The principal commodities of Cambridge are corn, malt, cattle, butter, faffron, colefeed, hemp, fib, and wild-fowl. The wild-fowl are taken in decoys, placed convenient for catching them, into which they are led by tame ducks that are trained for that purpose; and in the Ifle of Ely there is fuch plenty of thefe birds, that 3000 couple are faid to be fent to London every week. The principal manufactures of this county are paper and wicker-ware. This county fends fix members to the Houfe of Commons, viz. two knights of the fhire, two reprefentatives

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