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Bathing here is found beneficial in scorbutic, rheumatic, and nervous 

 complaints. The building for the bath was erected in the reign of 

 Queen Elizabeth, by George Earl of Shrewsbury; and here Mary 

 Queen of Scots> when committed into his custody, resided for some 

 time. The Duke of Devonshire, not long ago erected a beauti- 

 ful building^ in the form of a crescent, under which are piazzas 

 and shops. 



SCARBOROUGH is a town in the north riding of Yorkshire, two 

 hundred and forty one miles to the north of London. Its situation 

 is perfectly romantic, being built on the top of a steep rock, bending 

 in the form of a crescent to the main ocean, of which an almost 

 unbounded prospect appears from all parts. The summit of this 

 mountain contains no less than eighteen or twenty acres of meadow 

 ground, and on the upper part stood a castle* The town, which is 

 populous/js almost encompassed by the sea, and walled where it 

 does not join to the castle, or is not. more strongly defended by the 

 main ; and it has one of the best harbours in the kingdom. In this 

 town are mineral springs, which are called the * Scarborough Spa, 

 and it is much resorted to for the purpose 6f sea-bathing, the shore 

 being well accommodated for that purpose ; on which account public 

 rooms for assemblies and balls have been erected. Many mer- 

 chant-ships are built here, and large contracts are made with 

 government for the transport service. The spring, called The Spa, 

 was under the cliff, part of which fell down in December 1?37, by 

 which the waters were entirely overwhelmed and concealed for 

 ome years, until upon rebuilding the wharf, the fallen fragments 

 were removed, and the salutary waters traced to their source; a 

 discovery which contributed greatly to enliven and enrich the town 

 in general. 



HABROWOATB, a village in the west riding of Yorkshire, twenty- 

 one miles west of the city of York, has a mineral spring of a sul- 

 phureous quality, esteemed very salutary in scrophulous com- 

 plaints. It is made use of as a bath, and is seldom taken internally. 

 The season of resorting hither is from May to Michaelmas, when 

 the company are accommodated in five or six commodious inns, on 

 n heath, about a mile distant from the village. 



TUNBIUDGE, in the county of Kent, received its name from 

 the stone bridges which are thrown over the five branches of the 

 Medway, of which the Twi is one, and is seated thirty miles soulh- 



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