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The houses are tolerably [T. I. p. 179] good, and the 

 church built in an antiquated style. Close to it was an 

 old monastery, Kloster. At this town we saw in a gentle- 

 man's garden the largest Tulip-tree in England, which 

 rivalled the largest elms in height. The fruit however 

 does not ripen sufficiently to be available for seed. 



Waltham Cross, a beautiful village an English mile 

 from the last named place, and on the borders of Hertford- 

 shire, for hitherto we had been in Essex. Here we saw 

 one of England's antiquities, a specially carved pillar, 

 pelare, erected in former times in memory of a Queen. 

 [Eleanor, wife of Ed. I.J 



Cheshunt, a small but pretty village situated an 

 English mile from Waltham Cross. Here we saw several 

 beautiful and costly orchards. A river, en back,* which 

 was artificially dug, getting on for sixty miles through 

 the country, flowed through this village down to London. 

 It is partly from this river that the water is led through 

 subterranean channels and pipes, into houses, kitchens 

 and cellars in London. 



St. Albans, a tolerably large and pretty town, is 

 12 miles from Cheshunt, and 20 from London. It 

 has in former times been very large and is reckoned one 

 of the oldest towns in England, and is remarkable 

 for its many antiquities. One of the existing churches, 

 remarkable for its size and architecture, sardeles 

 byggnad, looks as if it must be very old. 



Close to the same church there still stands a gateway, 

 en port, which was built by the Romans during their 

 occupation of this country. The gateway is, however, 

 built round about, and the same house is used as a 



* The New River. From an exact measurement made in 1723 by Mr. 

 H. Mill, the engineer and surveyor of the N. R. Co., its extent was ascer- 

 tained to be 38! miles, 16 poles. Matthews "Hydraulia. " 1835 [J. L.] 



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