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them I had a good profped of part of the fuburbs 

 of the town. 



County Gaol. 



At a little diftance beyond the caftle, and, like 

 that building, on the elevated bank of the Dee, I 

 faw the county gaol, a large and handfome ftrudure. 

 It is built of brick, and in a fituation that cannot be 

 furpalTed for the purity, and confequent healthinefs, 

 of its atmofphere. In a niche over the entrance 

 there is a bud of Howard. The outer walls were 

 begun in the year 1789, and fome of the apartments 

 were ready for the reception of prifoners in 1796, 

 but the building is fcarcely yet finifhed. 



I proceeded along a pleafant terrace walk to the 

 end of the buildings whence defcending to the river, 

 I found a foot-path which led me to the Englilji 

 bridge. From hence the caftle, the river, and the 

 town, partly hidden by trees, with the fpires of St. 

 Mary*s and St. Alkmund*s churches, formed a beau*- 

 tiful and pidurefque fcene. 



The Stone Bridge, 



Called alfo the Eaft bridge, the Englifh bridge, and 

 the New bridge, is an elegant ftrufture, of [even 

 arches, which was built about thuty years ago. — 

 Near the middle of it are the water-works, from 

 which the town receives its fupply of that very 

 eifential article of life. — On the weft fide of the 



p 4 town. 



