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observed it so to do ; others, that though they had ob- 

 served it daily for some years, yet they never could find 

 any such thing, and therefore, if ever it did, yet certainly 

 of lately years it hath ceased to ebb and flow. We found 

 several rare plants growing about Shap in plenty, as 

 Bammculus glohosus [TroUiiis europaeus^JAxm.^ Faralysis 

 flo. Tuhro [Primula farmosa. Linn.,] Carduus mollis 

 Helenij foliis F. B. [Saussurea alpina, De Cand.,] Sedi 

 qucedam species Jlore liiteo \paxifraga aizoides, Linn.,] 

 SalicC folio laureo P. B. [S.pentmidra, Linn.,] Trachelium 

 majus helgarum \Campanida latifolia, Linn.,] Geranij 

 batrachoidis altera species [Geranium sylvaticum^ Linn., 

 Muscus clavatus ahietiformis \Lycopodium Selago, Linn., 

 and many others. 



August the 30th, we crossed the country to the 

 spittle on Stanmore. By the way we saw at Appleby 

 the castle belonging to the countess of Pembroke, who 

 hath put it in good repair, as also the church and bridge. 

 This lady hath a vast estate, which she spends partly in 

 house-keeping and charitable uses, and partly in repairing 

 and furnishing her castles, of which she hath six or seven 

 in this country and Yorkshire, now in very good repair, 

 and well furnished, viz., Appleby, Browham, Burgh, 

 Pendragon, (about which she hath not a foot of land) 

 and Skipton, &c. 



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Thursday, May 8th, 1662, we* set out for St. Neots 

 upon ascension day, where was held a great fair for sheep ; 

 thence through Swanford to Swinsted, a small village. 

 Beyond Swinsted on the left hand, in the way to North- 

 ampton, we saw an house belonging to the earl of 

 BuUingbroke, at a village called Melborn. We next 

 passed through a very dirty town, the name of which we 



* Mr. Willugliby accompanied Mr. Ray in this journey. 



