BRISTOL, ETC., IN MAY AND JUNE, 1767. 11 
a Collection of S'' Peter Lellys portraits very fine ; two 
Spanish boys eating fruit by Morellio [Murillo], a Lan- 
scape by Bergem, a copy or original of Rembrants Rabbi. 
But four pictures are Remarkably Capital, perhaps Guiclo : 
they represent Pope Gregory the Great, the Great St. 
Augustine and two more of the fathers : but M'^ Banks 
has no Catalogue and knows very little about them. In 
returning home this Morn, just at Blanford Horse Course, 
saw two Remarkable Birds seeming to be of the genus of 
Cheradrias. Some Shepherds informed me that they came 
here to breed but are exceeding difficult to shoot. I could 
make no particular observation but that they were near as 
large again as grey Plover,^ had a white spot in each wing 
and whistled exceedinly shrill, not unlike a man : the shep- 
herds also informed me that they Laid 2 eggs. I had almost 
omitted that we saw near M"" Banks's, upon the top of a 
hill, a regular entrenchment, consisting of three Banks 
raisd one above the other : had not an opportunity of going 
near it, but at a distance it much resembled one of those 
famous ones at Whitnam*^ near Dorchester in Oxfordshire. 
20. — Went to visit M'' Stert ^ at Critchill, who carried 
us to another house he has at Horton about two miles 
beyond it, where he shewd us the finest peice of artificial 
water 8 perhaps in England. It covers 280 acres, winding 
between two hills, so that one end is Generally out of sight. 
It has also an additional beauty, a v/ood of very fine oaks 
which come down quite to the Banks. It is well stockd 
with Carp, which M'" Stert sells to people who carry them 
to London, by w^hich m^ethod he receives more money for 
the water than ever the Land brought him in. It is 
drawn once in three years and all the fish of a certain size 
sold. The last time 16000 weight were taken and sold for 
6 pence a pound, which is 400 pounds. I should not forget 
