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From Kimbolton to Thrapftonc, the country 

 is in general open, very little inclofed be- 

 fides their paftures ; I ihould obferve to 

 you, that quite from Newport FagneU to 

 Ihrapftone, the Toil is all ploughed into 

 broad arched lands about a perch and half 

 over, and a yard higher in the center than 

 the furrows. This cuftom is a very good 

 one, where the water is let clean clean out 

 the furrows, but I have more than once, 

 in winter feen fuch furrows tw r o feet deep 

 in water. About Great Catnvorth^ the foil 

 is very good, clay in general, but fome 

 gravelly loams. It lets, the arable for about 



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50 feet long by 2 5 broad, and hung round 

 with family portraits, fome of which are very 

 good. Out of it you enter on the right hand, 

 the blue drawing-room, 35 by 20, over the 

 chimney-piece hangs a fine picture of Prome- 

 theus^ the horrible exprefiion of which is very 

 great. Between the windows are fix fmall 

 portraits, excellently done, particularly the 

 man and woman in the middle ; his face is 

 very exprefiive, and the finifhing in hers the 

 fame. 



The yellow drawing-room 35 by 22, with a 

 handfome glafs luitre in the center: Here are, 



A moil admirable portrait of Lord Holland^ 

 with an attendant officer, and a page adjust- 

 ing his fafh ; the heads and hands, the drapery 

 and the relief of the figures are all fine. 



A virgin and Jleeping child. Strange attitude. 



Virgin 



