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town ; whose foundations are wash'd with the 

 streams of Weer ; and where the palaces are plea- 

 sant, and in some parts beautiful, because sha- 

 dowed with art, and polish'd with industry. Nay, 

 the whole country presents a scene of pleasure, 

 because plentifully stock'd with corn and cattle. 

 Moreover it is very well supplied with coal, but 

 not to ballance with the stock of Newcastle. 



TJieoph. Whereabouts are we now ? 



Am. Our course directs us to dirty Darling- 

 ton, and that's a town that stands in stiff clay, 

 yet centred in a plentiful part of a country. 

 More southward yet, and about some three miles 

 off, glide the glittering streams of the river Tee, 

 whose fords are furnish'd with incomparable 

 trout, as are her deeps with the race of salmon. 

 But our next post-stage is the town of North* 

 Ollerton, (a northern situation) famous for no- 

 thing that I know of, except a weather-beaten 

 castle, demolish'd with age, and the ruins of 

 time, which serves as a reception now for bats 

 and buzards, owls and jack-daws. However, the 

 town stands sweetly situated in a rich soil, and 

 fertil fields ; witness her plenty of corn, and her 

 fair and large-headed cattle. More southward 

 yet, and about some seven miles from hence, 

 stands the town of Topliff; but at the south end 

 of the town stands a bridg of stone, that strad- 



