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LETTER XVIII. 



XJ ETURNING to Kc> ial I took the 

 ■*■ L road to Burton, pailing thro lgh a coun- 

 try various in refpecf. cf culture: Around 

 town, particularly about 7 T I ie, ti.nr 

 foil is a light loam on a lime ftone, uith 

 e of fand, letts from Cs.Zd. 10 3 /. an 

 acre; average about a guinea. 



Farms from 20 /. to bo /. a year. 



provide rowers for any company that comes ; 

 the extreme beauty of the lake induced me to ex- 

 plore every part of it with attention ; but as I 

 • have already troubled you with feveral recitals of 

 thefc water expeditions, I mail only mention a 

 few of the principal points of view, and to which 

 I mould particularly recommend any traveller to 

 row if he had not time to view the whole lake j 

 but no fcheme of this fort can be more amufing 

 than two or three days fpent here in rowing, fail- 

 ing, f Pning, arid wild duck mooting, all which 

 • be had in great perfection; and I 

 uld add, that the end of May, or the begin- 

 ning of June, is the proper time for fuch an ex- 

 n. 

 Taking boat at the village, you row firfl to 

 The fo called by way of pre-eminence, 



being b) much the largeft in the lake-, it con- 

 :n thirty and forty acres of land, and 

 t but think it the fweeteft foot, and full 

 •eai p biljties, of. any, forty acres ih 

 inions. The view from the fouth 



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