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different jurifdi6Hons, would be difficult to 

 afcertain. There feems at leaft to have been 

 one feparate chace in it, which belonged 

 to the caftle of Kenelworth : and it is probable, 

 there might have been others. 



In the county of Northampton is the large 

 foreft of Rockingham ; which ftretches along 

 the river Welland almoft to Stamford. In 

 'this foreft Hands the caftle of Rockingham, 

 formerly a pile of vaft importance, built by 

 William the Conqueror. In Northamptonfhire 

 alfo there are three other forefts ; Sacy, Yardly, 

 and Whittlebury. - I have been allured, that 

 in the firft, and laft of thefe forefts, Rock- 

 ingham, and Whittlebury, there remains, at 

 this day, fufficient timber to build the navy 

 of England twice over; and as canals are 

 now forming in thofe parts, it may foon be 

 an eafy matter to convey it from it's deep 

 recefTes to the fea. Thefe forefts alfo, par- 

 ticularly Whittlebury, are infefted by the 

 wild-cat; which the naturalifts call the Bri- 

 tifh tyger. 



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