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ing inclofures, fpreading over hills, and hang-» 

 ing to the eye in the moft pidturefque and 

 pleafing manner that fancy can conceive. 

 Three hills in particular are overlooked, 

 cut into inclofures in a charming ftile, of 

 themfelves forming a moft elegant land- 

 fcape, and worthy the imitation of thofe 

 who would give the embellifhments of art 

 to the fimplicity of nature. 



Kendal is a well built and well paved 

 town, pleafantly fituated, in the midft of the 

 beautiful country juft defcribed. It is fa- 

 mous for feveral manufactories ; the chief 

 of which is that of knit ftockings, employ- 

 ing near 5000 hands by computation. They 

 reckon 120 wool-combers, each employ- 

 ing five fpinners, and each fpinner four or 

 five knitters ; if four, the amount is 2400 ; 

 this is the. full work, fuppolang them all to 

 be induftrious -, but the number is probably 

 much greater. They make 550 dozen a 

 week the year round, or 28,600 dozen an- 

 nually : The price per pair is from 22^. 

 to 6 J-. but in general from 22^. to 4/. 

 fome boys at \o d. If we fuppofe the ave- 

 rage 3 J-. or 36/. a dozen, the amount is 

 51,480/. 



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