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This foreft was like wife celebrated for being 

 formerly the haunt of wild-boars ; and a part 

 of it, to this day, retains the name of Wild- 

 boar-fell. Here alfo ftands the mountain of 

 Mowil; from whence three of the largeft 

 rivers in the north of England take their 

 fource, the Eden, the Ewer, and the Swale. 



In the bimoprick of Durham we find only 

 the foreft of Langden, or Teefdale, which 

 latter name it affumes from running along 

 the banks of the Tees. When the woods 

 of this foreft were in perfection, they muft 

 have afforded a great variety of very picturefque 

 fcenery. For the Tees is one of the moft 

 romantic rivers in England ; and forms many a 

 furious eddy, and many a foaming cafcade, in 

 it's pafTage through the foreft ; particularly that 

 celebrated cataract, which, by way of emi- 

 nence, is called the fall of the Tees. 



In Lancafhire we find three forefts Lan- 

 cafter-foreft, which, I fuppofe, is the fame 



as 



