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Bridgewater to Ilchester ; and thence curving round to the 

 northern extremity of Dorset. North and South Wilts are 

 separated by a line drawn along the Kennet and Avon canal. 

 South and North Hants are separated by a line traced along the 

 high roads from Winchester westward to Stockbridge, eastward 

 to Petersfield ; and continued thence to the borders of Wilts and 

 Sussex. West and East Sussex are separated by a line traced 

 along the high road from Brighton to Cuckfield ; thence by 

 Crawley to the border of Surrey. East and West Kent are 

 separated by the river Medway and its tributaries nearly up to 

 Staplehurst ; and thence by the high road through Cranbrooke 

 to the border of Sussex, near Hawkhurst. South and North 

 Essex are separated by the high road from Walthara and Epping 

 to Chelmsford, and thence by the Black water river to the coast. 

 East and West Suffolk, and East and West Norfolk, are sepa- 

 rated by the mathematical line of one east longitude, not a good 

 division because traceable on maps only, unseen on the ground. 

 East and West Gloucester are separated by the Thames and 

 Severn Canal, and by the river Severn from the point of junction 

 up to Tewksbury. South and North Lincoln are separated by 

 the Witham river, from Boston to Lincoln ; thence by the Foss 

 Dyke to the border of Nottingham. South and West Lancaster 

 are separated by the river Kibble. That more northerly portion 

 of Lancashire which is situate to the north-west of the Bay 

 of Morecambe, is taken with the Lake Province, and treated as 

 a part of Westmoreland. 



' * The great county of York is first divided into the two sub- 

 provinces of East and West Humber, by the rivers Humber, 

 Ouse, and Wiske. South-east and North-east Yorkshire are 

 then separated by the political line which divides the East 

 Biding from the rest of the county ; that portion of the East 

 Riding situate westward of the Ouse being taken as part of the 

 Mid-west vice-county. South-west and Mid-west Yorkshire are 

 separated by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and by the river 

 Aire below Leeds. Mid-west and North-ivest are separated by 



