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Down by the fea are many rich, grazing 

 farms for oxen and (heep, up to fo high as 

 looo/. a year. 



The caftle of Alnwick, the feat of his 

 Grace the Duke of Northumberland, is 

 mofl of k new built by the prefent Duke, 

 and not yet finiflied : The apartments are 

 all fitted up in the Gothic tafte, and orna- 

 mented in a very Hght and elegant ftile. 

 The principal ones are, i. A breakfall- 

 room, 33 by 21. 2. Dining-room, ^^ 

 hy 2.2', it has two bow-windows, but ir- 

 regular, the Gothic work very elegant : 

 Over the chimney, the Duchefs, by Rey- 

 noldi. 3. A drawing-room. 4. A li- 

 brary, 65 by 22, and at the end, a cha- 

 peL 5. A faloon, 40 by 20, and a bow. 

 The architecture of the new buildings is 

 quite in the caftle ftile, and very light and 

 pleailng. 



From Alnwick to Belford land letts at 

 lis. an acre; and farms rife from 40/. to 

 700 /. a year, but generally between 100 /. 

 to 200 /. The wheat crops, at an average, 

 20 bufhels per acre, barley 36, and oats 

 the fame. 



About Belford there are many variations 



from the preceding management, which 



D 4 highly 



