ancient Terraffed Works. 427 
were unfubdued, and the people of Weftmore- 
land had probably fecured themfelves, in their 
rocks and defiles. The incidents of Agricola’s 
firft campaign are only hinted at by Tacitus, 
and moft of our, Antiquarians haye contented 
themfelves withfuppofing, that he entered York- 
fhire by the way of Isurium, or ALpsorouGH. 
But the firft operation of that General was ta. 
recover the Ifle of Mona, or Ancirszy, imme- 
diately before his troops went into winter 
quarters, and it is probable from the expreffions 
of Tacitus, that in the following {pring he 
proceeded northwards, along the coafts of Che- 
fhire and Lancafhire : ‘‘ loca caftris ipfe capere, 
** eftuaria ac fylvas ipfe pretentare ---- nulla 
‘* ante Britannie nova pars illaceffita tranfierit.” 
The word Afstuaria, can only refer to the 
inlets of the Weftern coaft: the eftuaries of the 
Mersey and Rissce, and the Bay of Morgcame, 
the Moricambe YEfuarium of the Romans. Mr. 
Whitaker, in his learned hiftory of Manchefter, 
has therefore conjectured, with great probability, 
that in 79, after overcoming the Cornavii, 
Agricola invaded Lancafhire. ‘The appearances 
I have defcribed, induce me to add to his conjec- 
ture, that the campaign was probably clofed by an 
invafion of Weftmoreland and Cumberland, and 
that in its courfe, Orton Scarr was attacked and 
taken. The ftrong country, with which the 
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