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of the lands around them. Bisley, Minchinhampton, Painswick, 

 Nymphsfield, &c., are so situated. The exposure on the hill- 

 sides of the various qualities of stone suited to varied economic 

 purposes, has given occupation to generation after generation of 

 quarrymen and masons — as at Painswick, Quarras, Avening, &c. 

 The streams, with their rapid currents so readily converted into 

 millfalls, — the ponds of water being easily retained by the aid 

 of the impervious Liassic strata composing the bottoms of the 

 narrow valleys, — attracted hither successive immigrations of 

 Flemmings, who, driven from their native land by reUgious 

 persecutions, and from other causes, brought to this country 

 their industries. In these and many other particulars this 

 district presents a striking illustration of the manner in which 

 the earth has been prepared/or the service of man. 



