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Labourers houfe-rent from 50 s. to 3 /. 

 Wear of their tools per annum, 25 s. 

 Their firing, 40 j. per annum. 



Sir Penyjhne Lambe's park at Brocket- 

 hall is extremely well worth feeing ; It con- 

 tains a fine variety of ground, many hills 

 that command noble profpects, and wind- 

 ing hollows very piclurefque; the water 

 is large, much of it finely traced and of a 

 beautiful colour : In a word, it is one of the 

 beft fituations in HcrtfordJlAre. 



Around Stevenage, husbandry varies 

 fomething with the foil, for in that neigh- 

 bourhood there is a great deal of cola clay 

 land : The farms are of all fizes, from 50 /. 

 to 700 /. Land in general lets from 8 to 



10 s. 



and the drapery nothing but eyes and ears, 

 defigncd to give us an idea of her :unning, 

 her vigilance, and the extent of her empire. 

 Had Apelles gi\ en an idea of the fortitude, 

 the invincible courage, and daring 'ambi- 

 tion of Alexander only by the fymbols of his 

 picture, the hero of the painter would no: 

 have been called T.be Inimitable. Fortitude 

 and heroic conftancy might have ihined in 

 the countenance of Elizabeth, as well as 

 meaner virtues in the hem of her garments. 

 — The hands are delicately executed. 

 In the drawing-room 40 by 20, is a good por- 

 trait of the prefent Lord's grandmother; 

 after this come two bed-chambers of 24 

 by 23, and fome other rooms: Then the 

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