OF NORFOLK.. If 



soodnefs of its roads, above other counties. In 

 fhort, the roads, though often called bad by Nor- 

 folk men, are fo good, comparatively with thofe in 

 other counties, that where the common ftatute 

 duty is fairly done, a traveller may crofs the coun- 

 try in any direction, in a poft-chaife, without dan- 

 ger ; and where the duty is not done, may trot his 

 horfe from one paiiih to another, at the rate of fix 

 miles an hour. 



The fea navigation is undoubtedly another great 

 advantage to the agriculture of this county, as it 

 not only enables the farmer to avail himfelf of the 

 hvd of diflant markets, but in many inftances en- 

 ables him to procure an additional quantity of va- 

 luable manure. The county is bounded by the 

 fea from Yarmouth to the mouth of the Nene, be- 

 ing eighty miles, and there are four confiderable 

 fea-ports, independent of feveral fmaller places, of 

 landing and (hipping of goods : but as I mall have 

 occafion to fay a word or two, refpefting trade, un- 

 der the head of commerce, I (hall wave that fub- 

 jeci in this place. 



The principal rivers are the Ouze, the Waveney, 



the Vare, the Wenfum, and the Bure. The Great 



Ouze is navigable from Lynn, twenty-four miles 



i die county, and then communicates with 



:: o\ the Midland counties; the Little Ou/e 



bran >ut of the Great Ouze, and is navigable by 



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