OF NORFOLK. 1Q, 



For this hint I am indebted to Mr. Colhoun, whofe 

 letter upon the fubjecl to Sir John Sinclair, is 

 clear, fenfible, and fo much to the purpofe, that 1 

 fhall take the liberty of making a large extract from 

 it, with which I fhall conclude this fe&ion. — " A 

 " plan was offered to parliament about five years 

 " fince, (but was rejected) by which it was pro- 

 " pofed to make a canal from the Brandon river, 

 u by Newmarket and Saffron Walden, to London. 

 *« It would have added more confiderable advantage 

 " to the county of Norfolk, than arifes from any 

 " of the river navigations before enumerated. The 

 " ports of Lynn and London would have been 

 •« united, by an eafy accefs to each other in the 

 <( courfe of a few days, to the mutual benefit of 

 •« both ; and in time of war, the eafl country trade 

 " would have found many inducements to make the 

 w port of Lynn, in order to pafs from thence to 

 <( London, thereby faving fome rifk of the fea, 

 "and danger from the enemy. The exuberant 

 " produce of the county, would have had a cheap 

 <c and expeditious transfer to the metropolis, where. 

 " thefe fupplies are fo effential to the fupport of its 

 " inhabitants, that without them they cannot exift. 

 " It appears by Mr. Kent's report, that the export 

 •■ of corn, grain, and flour, from Norfolk, is about 

 " 600,000 quarters annually, the greatefl part goes 

 " to the London market. It is eafier to conceive 

 M than lay down a rule, whereby to calculate all the 

 " benefit a country, fo rich in produce, would derive 

 C 2 " from 



