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extrordinary nature a Bull, the finest I have seen. He was 

 bred in Lincolnshire, and tho only 4 years old and very lean, the 

 Butcher Guessed his weight to be between 70 and 80 score. He 

 is a well-made beast and beautifully spotted. M v Stert always 

 uses him to draw by himself, for he will not do it with any other 

 Beast, but singly will do as much work and draw as large a 

 weight as two or three horses. 



2 1 . This morn rains very hard, venture however out upon the 

 downs to Obs3rve the Long Barrow between the house and 

 turnpike road in the way to Blanford : Find it like the first I 

 examind, only Larger, its greatest lengh being about 100 paces, 

 its breadth 20, bearings N.W. b N. and S.E. b S. : On the side 

 of it one and only one plant of Othonna integrifolia, which is 

 very scarce in this countrey, as I have only found it on this and 

 one other Barrow. 



I have now seen three of these long Barrows all within a circle 

 of about 2 miles in diameter. What the occasion of making 

 them in that shape is difficult to guess. Possibly they are the 

 Common place of interment of the slain in a Battle, as their 

 Long shape seems to indicate that they cover more than one 

 Body : but this is vague conjecture. I hope however some time 

 or other to have an opportunity of Opening one or more of them, 

 by which alone it can be determined for what use and when they 

 were erected. 



Observd to-day in the Garden a very strong Plant of Mellitis 

 melissophyllum. As it is the only plant of any degree of 

 curiosity in the whole garden, it seems more than probable that 

 it came originally from the woods somewhere in this neighbour* 

 hood. 



22. Set out this morn for Bristol. 



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