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ing fo very general over the whole kingdon 

 every village proportioned to the abilities 



of the inhabitants, rentiers minute dcfcription un- 



country from Ncwcar .ward, fccms to 



jiliblc, iholc we have palled, in 

 beau: 'liandry. 



Morpcth, a large handfome market-town, (lands 

 on tl hence its cxpor 



l)lc. 



So; incd from this 



.;h, by private 1 ;on, through 



h, though it laves lo miles, 



of the Cheviot i. 



>:, mud yield to the 



n goodncfs and tlie varierr of 



/ing the Wooh <jn the left, 



:<> Alnwic, a neat market-town on the 

 Alne, the refidencc of the antienr, the heroic, 

 the o; v of the Piercies, 



earls of Northumbeilaiul, who, with the DouglaflVs, 

 long th ition of Europr .ften the 



their i The fa- 



built in the Ciotiiic ftyle, moft 

 fumptuoufly furnifhed and ornament i is open 



,o chooles to 



in. 1 Urc t!ic duke lives in Hate, entertains all 

 pie liberally, from the joll y of 



Bacchus, to the decayed labourer. Nor is the mu- 

 nificence of this family confined to mere acls of 

 charity; the town of AlnwL !ic whole conn- 



been grcarly improved by the prefent owner. 

 The lands are finely inclofcii ng is rifing 



cry fide; the tarm-houfcs a moilly 



rebuilt in a handfome llyle, the roads arc kept in 



Tcumftancc for the conve- 



niency of the tenants, or the embellilhment of the 



.ith its due iharc of attention. This great 



N N expence 



