BETSTOL, ETC., IN MAY AND JUNE, 1767. 
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Gale growing in Plenty upon a Bog near the 21 mile Stone 
on Bagshot heath. 
16. — This morn hard rain. Amnscl myself by looking 
over the house. Found it exceeding large and possibly one 
of the heaviest piles of stone S'' J"° Vanbrugh ever erected. 
The inside is fitted up magnificently with a great deal of 
gilding and Ceilings painted after the antique. Upon the 
whole the inside is much more convenient as well as more 
elegant than the outside gives an}^ hopes of. The Countrey 
about it is Pleasant, consisting cheifly of open Downs and 
sheep walks, except towards the west and N.W., where the 
town and enclosures of Tarent Gunvil and the Woods of 
Cranbourn Chace give an agreable variety, contrasting 
with the open countrey on the other sides. At twelve 
Cleard up, Avent in Search of a Barrow w^hich the Bishop 
of Carslisle had informd me was somewhere in this 
neighbourhood. Pound it at the N. Corner of the Park, 
its construction very singular, being a Bank of about 60 
paces in Lengh and 15 broad, N.E. b N. [N.E. by JST.] and S.W. 
b W. A small part of one end was within the pail that had 
been opend, and a grotto made in the hollow. We were told 
that when it was opend a number of Bones were found. I 
Avas exceedinly desirous of opening the other end, which was 
in a sheep walk without the pails, but upon inquiring whose 
property it was, had the mortification to be told that 
it belongd to an estate now upon sale, the Owner of which 
was in London ; was therefore obligd to give over all 
thoughts of it. Went to Look at the Village. Pound 
nothing in it remarkable but the name Tarent Gunvill, the 
name of Tarent being afiixd to several little villages which 
stand on a little Brook or torrent. 
17. — This morn also Painy and disagreable : venturd 
out towards Chittle^ in which Parish is situate a tolerable 
