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table, or fossil, but what are com. 
mon in other places. There is 
neither wood nor waste ground in 
the parish; and we know, that 
where man has completely subdued 
the soil to his own use, he permits 
nothing to feed or prosper, but what 
is serviceable to his private interest. 
‘ The air here is dry and healthy ; 
fogs are not frequent, and clear off 
early when they happen. ‘The in. 
habitants are happy, and many of 
them live to a good old age. 
© Their fuel here is pitcoal, which 
they have chiefly brought from 
Derbyshire and some from lord 
Middleton’s coal. pitsnear Notting- 
ham. ‘The carriage being heavy, 
and the roads bad, it used to cost 
them 1d. or 16d. per hundred 
weight: bur, since the navigation 
has been completed to Loughbo- 
rough, they. get it for rod. or rid, 
_ per hundred. 
‘ No great road leads through the 
parish ; but the turnpike road from 
Oakham to Melton passes within a 
mile by Leesthorp, and they come 
upon it in going to Melton, at 
about the same distance before they 
come to Burton. 
‘ There is not any river that runs 
through the parish, or comes near 
it; and only one. inconsiderable 
brook, which is sometimes dry. 
This joins another, more conside- 
rable, that comes from Somerby by 
Leesthorp, and both, procceding 
jointly by Burton Lazars, fall into 
the river Eye, between Brentingby 
and Melton. 
‘ There is no papist in this pa- 
tish, nor one digsenter of any de- 
nomination, 
‘ ‘The parochial feast follows St. 
James; to whom the church is de- 
dicated, 
‘ There have been no perambulae 
tions time immemorial, 
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© The rent of the whole parish 
is 14221, 5s. 
‘ The number of houses is 21 ; 
families 22; and inhabitants 123 ; 
three teams kept, 
© The land-tax at 4s. raises 1641. 
14s. 2d. 
‘ Labourers have 1s. ed. per day 
in summer, and 1s. in the winter ; 
in harvest rs. 6d. and their victuals. 
Land lets at 15s.an acre. 
¢ The nett expence of the poor in 
1776 was 271, 16s. 
¢ Medium of three years, 1783— 
1785, 451. 8s. 4d.” 
These volumes are illustrated by 
a very liberal provision of engrav- 
ings, in which a yiew is given of 
every individual parish-church, 
as well as of seats, monuments, 
antiquities, and other remarkable 
objects. An appendix to the se- 
cond volume contains a number of 
deeds, charters, and other papers 
relative to each hundred ; which 
addition will doubtless be repeated 
in the future volumes. 
See gS 2 TR RE EE BES 
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of 
the Abbate Metastatio, In which 
are incorporated Translations of his 
principal Letters, By Charles 
Burney, Mus. D. F, R.S. 8-0, 
3 Vols. 1796, 
THE name of Metastasio has 
long been associated in every Eu- 
ropean metropolis with the exqui- 
site pleasures of the noble, te opu- 
lent, and the polished. The eu- 
phony of his lines and the firness 
of his sentiments have been impress- 
ed on our recolleftion, in concert 
with the most vivid and brilliant 
displays of all the arts of delight. 
Melodies of the most fascinating 
composers, assisted by punctual or- 
Mm3 chestras, 
