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Cafes to Improve hufbandry, and confe- 

 quently to promote population. *' 



From Newton^ I took the road acrofs 

 Hambledon, a tra^t of country which has 

 not the epithet black given it for nothing ; 

 for it is a continued ridge of black moors ; 

 II or 12 miles long, and from four to eight 

 broad. It is melancholy to travel through 

 fuch dcfolate land, when it is fo palpably 

 capable of improvement : Much of it is 

 green fward, and wants nothing but inclof- 



* At Hovingham^ about four miles from 

 Newton^ Mr. IVorjley has a new-built houfe, 

 which is vievved by ftrangers. The approach is 

 through a very large ftone gate-way, upon which 

 is the following infcription j 



Virtus in aEiione conjlftit. 



and as the building looks pretty much like the 

 gable-end of a large houie, I miflook it at firft 

 (with that infcription) for an hofpital : The 

 entrance is dire6lly out of the llreet for coaches, 

 through a narrow pafTage into a large riding 

 houfe, then through the anti-fpace of tv/o ftables, 

 and fo up to the houfe door. Nothing fliould 

 be condemned becaufe uncommon, but I fhould 

 apprehend with fome horfes, that it might hazard 

 the necks of many a coachful, if the ladies per- 

 filled in not walking this approach. 



In the hall, is an antique baflb relievo of a 

 bacchanalian group : 



Two bronzes Hercules fqueezing Anteus ; 



and a Herctilss and a (tag. 



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