NORFOLK. 
numerous trees, which, at a diftance, by aggregation, give 
an idea of exte tenfive woods ; and in others the great expanfe 
Forehoe; Shottefham, i in Henftead; Afhwellthorpe, Hamp- 
nell, and Bunwell, in ig dale Hethel, Hetherfel, and 
t more  oticulacly in the north-weftern, 
sy Canals, Rea .—The of No 
folk varies confiderably in its outline and fubftance from 
the fou ern fhores of t a in- 
and ates here, yet it forms on this part of the coaft no 
proud elevations nor confpicuous heights. ‘The fhores are 
generally flat. In the vicinity of Cromer is a {mall bay, 
where fome bold headlands prefent themfelves: and fome 
wooded hills make a little variety in the neighbourhood of 
Sherringham. oe of thefe, which are on a {mall {cale, 
Hunftanton-cliff, com 
rocky prominence of much note on oa ther 
eminences confi nd are conftantly becoming a 
cean, uch of the coaft 
is comprifed of a low fandy beach, covered with gravel and 
loofe pebbles, oe called thi ingle es; which, by the violence 
of the waves, are uently th rown up in immenfe heaps. 
al accumulations of fand, are formed 
t at fea; and being only difcoverable 
at ebb or quarter tides, they are jultly the dread of mariuers, 
and frequently prove fatal to coafting veffels. Of thefe, 
the moft remarkable is the large bank running parallel with 
the coaft off Yarmouth, between which and the fhore is a 
deep channel, bk veflels ride fafely during tempeituous 
weather.. nown by the name of Yarmouth Roads. 
The ranges of fand-hills on this, like thofe on the oppofite 
coafts of Holland, tend to preferve a valuable portion of 
country from continual inundation. A line of thefe, called 
the Meals, or Marum Hills, commences at Caifter, tw 
miles north of Yarmouth, and extends, with eccahon lt inter- 
ruptions, to Hap pifbury Point, where sale fs Seka oa 
have lately been ead and thence to Crom er 
what are called the Mud Cliffs begin, and line the northera 
fhore he Lynn Regis. Thefe : are 
3 they fometimes fhift t 
aft near Ya oak nd o centuries 
ago; which will be Boceeds in a fubfequent ete of Yar- 
mouth. 
rincipal rivers of Norfolk are the Great Oufe, the 
Linh, Gu the Waveney, the Bure, the Wenfum, the Yare, 
andthe Nar. The Great Oufe, or Ouze, rifes near Brack- 
ley, in Northamptonfhive, and having been pal joined 
by the Lark, the Cam, and the Little Oufe, erters this 
county to the fouth-welt of Do wnham ; paffes under Stow, 
Magdalen and German bridges, and then, joined by the Nar 
from the eaftward, empties its waters, after a courfe of nearly 
fixty miles, into the bay called by Ptolemy Metaris-AEftua- 
rium, two miles below the harbour of Lynn Regis ; 3 where 
the trade of that port exhibits a veffels on its eftuarys 
called eine: The tide cae up this river man 
miles further formerly ; it now being checked by fluices, 
erected near Denver for the purpofes of drainage and navi- 
gation. This river “is remarkable for its extraordinary 
fwell or overflowings at the two equinoxes, and efpecially 
at the full moon of the autumnal o one; when a vatt es of 
waters from the feacomes in upon it, with every cone in its 
ry water-fowl e Ss 
us form- 
acommunication by means of other er rivers and 
ek ui feven of the midland counties. 
tle Oufe, or, as in fome deeds it is denominated, 
Brandon ee rifes in a fwampy meadow near the village 
of Lopham, in the fouthern part of this county ; and, taking 
its courfe wetterly ufhford, receives a {mall ftream 
from Ixworth. Tt is joined by the Thet at Thetford, 
whence, meandering through a fandy foil, it paffes under 
Brandon bridge, and {ftealing along with folemn pace 
through the uninterefting level of the fens is then 
“6 wedded,’’? as Drayton calls it, to the Greater Oufe at 
LittJeport, on the borders of or a ae The Little 
Oufe is navigable up to Thetfor 
The Waveney alfo takes its fe at Lopham. It is fome- 
what fingular, that though the Little Oufe and the Waveney 
have their fources in the fame tract of {fwampy ground, and 
near each other, they immediately take oppofite direc- 
tions in their courfe to the fea; the one running due weft, 
and the other almoft dire€tly eaft. The Waveney is navi- 
gable for barges from Yarmouth, to Bungay bridge in 
Suffolk. 
The Bure rifes near Heldolwefton, on i north fide of 
county, and, taking its courfe by 
A little further it is joined by Thone, flowing 
from a lake near North Walfham ; then pafling under Acle 
bridge, and increafed by the fuperfluous waters of the 
marfhes, it joins the Yare, on the northern fide of Yar- 
mouth. 
The Wenfum rifes near Weft Rudham in this county, 
and being joined by numerous {mall rivulets in its progrefs, 
it pafles the city of Norwich, part of which it environs. At 
Trowfe it meets the Tafs, or Tafe, and near Burgh is 
joined by the baat, ; about two miles weft of Yarmouth 
it merges into the 
e Yare is fiepoke ed to rife near Attleborough, and 
taking a a ere courfe joins the Wenfum to the eaft 
of Nor 
The "Nar, called alfo Seeky and Seecky rads = its 
aftle- 
It is navigable from the latter as 
far as Narborough, an extent of about fifteen miles 
e Nene is no otherwife conneéted with Norfolk than 
ferving to form part of the weftern boundary between this 
county and that of Lincoln. 
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