BRISTOL, ETC., IN MAY AND JUNE, 1767. 
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comosa, Greraniuin hsematodes [sangnineum]. Near the cave 
where the gunns are • planted Rnbia Anglica [peregrina]. 
24. — Eemain to-day at Chepstow : went to see the 
Bridge,*^ where there is supposed to be more tide than 
anywhere in England, as it rises in the springs 48 feet^ 
some say 60, but How they make out the possibility of such 
a rise, unless they measure from the bed of the river, I can- 
not guess. The Bridge is wood Built upon starlings, the 
highest I believe in England, yet spring tides sometimes 
rise a foot above its floor, for which Reason the Plank with 
which it is covered is not naild down, Least the Pressure of 
the water against them, if they were, should Carry away the 
Bridge. On the Banks just above high water mark grows 
Cochlearia Anglica and Lepidium ruderale. About Half 
a mile below the Bridge is the old town wall, which 
Plainly shews that the town was full three times Larger than 
it now is : indeed it is wonderful that a town so conveniently 
situated for trade should be so much neglected. I believe 
there are few places have so extensive an inland navigation, 
as it has the command of the Wye, which is navigable as 
high as the Hay and the Severn. In the Wye, close under 
the town, the Largest ships may lie with ease, as there is 23 
feet at low water and soft mud on the town side where ships 
may be unloaded immediately on shore. On the contrary at 
Bristol a ship of 300 tons is obligd to discharge half her lad- 
ing in Kingroad, which must be brought up in lighters at 
great expence. 
After dinner went by water up to Tintern Abbey. The 
Passage took an hour and |"'^ : the Banks of the River 
everywhere most Beautifull, especialy under Pearcefeild, 
where you look up upon M'' Morrices^^ improvements. Indeed 
through the whole Course of the River you have always, on 
one side of you at least, a high Rock featherd on the top with 
