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 The great ftable at Welbeck is one of the 

 fineft in England-, it was built for a riding- 

 houfe by the Duke of Neivcafile. It is 

 1 30 feet long by 40 broad, and contains 

 40 flails. 



Relative to hufbandry, his Grace was fo 

 obliging as to give me fome information, 

 which merits great attention. 



The foil of the park and the fields his 

 Grace keeps in his own hands, confifis of 

 clay and fand. The latter I examined with 

 fome attention, and found it of a deep 

 ftaple ; and from the fpontaneous growth 

 of grafs, &c. I apprehend it not to be defi- 

 cient 



A large land/cape with architecture ; very fine, 

 but the colours appear rather faded. 



Rubens. Venus and Cupid. 



'King Charles the Firfi on horfeback, the fame as 

 that at Kniveton, where the horfe is faid to be 

 by Wooton. 



Drawing-room, 27 by 22. In this room and 

 the adjoining clofet are ieveral very fine 

 bronzes. On the other fide of the common 

 hall is the Gothic hall, 44 by 30. The doors, 

 door-cafes, window-frames, chimney-piece, 

 iSc. isc. are all Cotbic, and in a very light 

 tafte. 

 The dining-room, 6y by 25: Among other 

 portraits, here are 



William 



