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Monday, June the 23d, we went from Glastonbury to 

 Taunton, twenty-one miles, and lodged at Wellington. 

 Between Street and Walton (two villages in the way to 

 Taunton) we found (in a close where they digged stone) a 

 kind of trefoil, which I conjecture to be Trifolium sfella- 

 tmn, C. B. [T. maritwmm, Huds. ?] it hath an oblong 

 head of seeds after the flower is gone (which is of a pale 

 blush and fading) not unlike, for the figure, to the head 

 of Vir^a pastoris ; every particular seed-vessel ends in 

 five radij, or points. Beyond Walton, in the way to 

 Taunton, in a close by a stony lane, in the hedge, LitJio- 

 sperni. minus [L, officinale, Linn.] In Somersetshire they 

 have a way of setting their mows of corn on a frame 

 (which they call a mowstead,) standing upon four stones 

 cut with a shank, and upon that an head like a meta, 

 resembling some toad-stools. Beyond Ling, and near 

 Taunton, we passed by the Lord Hawley his house. 

 Thereabouts, at a place called Orchard, lives Sir William 

 Portman, one of the greatest heirs in England. Col. 

 Sir Prancis Popham hath the manor of Wellington, 

 where there are the ruins of a once fair house of his, 

 which had been garrisoned in the time of the late wars, 

 and then demolished. Sir William Wyndham hath a 

 large estate hereabout ; but lives near Watchet. 



Tuesday, June the 24th, we went from Wellington to 

 St. Moulton, through Tiverton, a large borough town. 

 Near Moulton we saw a fair house of Mr. Amery's. 



Wednesday, June the 25th, we came to Buckland. We 

 viewed Barnstaple, a very handsome and large town ; but 

 low built, yet the houses are all neat, and in good repair; 

 the streets well paved, so that one may walk in them in 

 slippers in the midst of winter. It is governed by a 

 mayor and twenty-four aldermen, sends two burgesses to 

 parliament, hath a good trade, is rich and populous ; here 

 is a pretty almshouse, and a long bridge of fifteen arches. 

 We passed also Biddiford, which seems to be a thriving 

 town, and to abound with shipping ; here is also a long 

 bridge of twenty-four arches. Between Westly and 



