X. TO AM WELL* 



Proceeding by the way of Bush-hill, their 

 father pointed out to them the site of the 

 wooden trough or aqueduct, 660feet in length^ 

 formerly erected for conveyance of the 

 water of the New Kiver. It was supported, 

 he informed them, by arches of various di- 

 mensions, and kept in repair till 1784; soon 

 after which it was removed, a channel 

 having been contrived, by raising the^ground 

 on the sides, and making secure embank- 

 ments. 



The ground where this trough formerly 

 stood, was the property of Sir Hugh Middle- 

 ton, the celebrated projector of this river. 

 On that part of Bush-hill adjoining Enfieid 

 Park, he led his young companions to view 

 the remains of a circular entrenchment, 

 supposed, by some antiquarians, to have been 

 a, Roman camp, wnile others consider it as a 

 British entrenchment. 



He next conducted them to Bush-hill Park, 

 which is likewise situated on Bush-hill, 

 and commands a pleasing prospect towards 



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