o24 KXPLANATION OF THE MAP. 



MAP OF BRITAIN. 



The Map of Britain, which is given opposite the Title- 

 page of the present volume, may require some further 

 explanation than could be conveniently introduced on the 

 stone from which the impression was taken. It was not 

 drawn for the Cybele Britannica ; having been oHginally 

 designed for use in a different though allied work. Its 

 divisions are more numerous and equalized than those 

 hitherto adopted in the Cybele; but in other respects 

 they correspond exactly. This Outline Ma]3 may thus be 

 used to indicate the Eighteen provinces and Eighty -tivo 

 counties, into which Britain is considered as divided at 

 pages 13 — 17 of the first volume of the Cybele; — or, it 

 may be used for a more numerous and equal division into 

 Thirty-eight Sub-provinces and One hundred and twelve 

 Vice-counties. In the latter more numerous sections, 

 some of the sub-provinces exactly correspond with the 

 smaller provinces, and many of the vice-counties are iden- 

 tical with the smaller counties ; the rule having been to 

 subdivide only the larger provinces and counties. 



To prevent ambiguity the original names of the pro- 

 vinces and counties are retained, the section or subdivi- 

 sion being distinguished by a prefixed word, usually the 

 points of the compass, North, South, East, West, or 

 Mid, as being obvious and readily remembered. The 

 few exceptions are intended to avoid the incongruity of 

 writing, for instance. North Northumberland, or South 

 North-Highlands, &c. The list of all the divisions and 



