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Bridgewater to Ilchester ; and thence curving round to the 

 northern extremity of Dorset. — Noi-th and South Wilts are 

 separated by a line drawn along the Kennet and Avon canal. — 

 South and North Rants are separated by a line traced along the 

 high roads from Winchester westward to Stockbridge, eastward 

 to Petersfield ; and continued thence to the borders of Wilts and 

 Sussex. — West and East Sussex are separated by a line traced 

 along the high road from Brighton to Cuckfield; thence by 

 Crawley to the border of Surrey. — East and West Kent are 

 separated by the river Medway and its tributaries nearly up to 

 Staplehurst ; and thence by the high road through Cranbrooke 

 to the border of Susses, near Hawkhurst. — South and North 

 Essex are separated by the high road from Waltham and Epping 

 to Chelmsford, and thence by the Blackwater river to the coast. 

 — East and West Suffolk, and East and West Norfolk, are sepa- 

 rated by the mathematical line of one east longitude, not a good 

 division because traceable on maps only, unseen on the ground. 

 — East and West Gloucester are separated by the Thames and 

 Severn Canal, and by the river Severn from the point of junction 

 up to Tewksbury. — South and North Lincoln are separated by 

 the Witham river, from Boston to Lincoln ; thence by the Foss 

 Dyke to the border of Nottingham. — South and West Lancaster 

 are separated by the river Eibble. That more northerly portion 

 of Lancashire which is situate to the north-west of the Bay 

 of Morecambe, is taken with the Lake Province, and treated as 

 a part of Westmoreland. 



" The great county of York is first divided into the two sub- 

 provinces of East and West Humber, by the rivers Humber, 

 Ouse, and Wiske. South-east and North-east Yorkshire are 

 then separated by the political line which divides the East 

 Eiding from the rest of the county ; that portion of the Bast 

 Biding situate westward of the Ouse being taken as part of the 

 Mid-west vice-county. South-west and Mid-west Yorkshire are 

 separated by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and by the river 

 Aire below Leeds. Mid-west and North-west are separated by 



