From FARNHAM to EPSOM. 
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LETTER LXIII. 
To Mrs. O * * * * * *. 
Madam, Saturday, Auguft 1 6, 1 7 55. 
F ARNHAM is a conliderable market-town, but I faw lit- 
tle more in it than dirty houfes : belides we were now 
drawing near home ; that was enough to engage my attention ; 
I do not mean with delire to change my company, nor yet to 
enjoy the delights of London. — This morning we took our leave 
of our landlord at the bush, and proceeded to guilford, which 
is diftant twelve miles. The road is in fome places much broken 
up by heavy carriages : it lies very high on a chalky way, but 
the vallies and hills on each fide appear very grand, the profpedts 
extenlive, and fome of them inexpreflibly delightful. — As one 
defcends the hill, which leads to guilford, this antient town 
has a very noble and romantic appearance. The ruins of st. 
Catharine’s chapel, on an eminence, is a very (hiking objed : 
of what antiquity this chapel is, I could never difcover ; but the 
materials of which it is built, are faid to be as hard as iron ; and 
to all appearance it has Hood the ftorms of ages. On the other 
fide the valley is a lofty cliff of chalk, which heightens the gran- 
deur of the fcehe. 
The entrance of guilford is over the wey : it is a very 
neat borough- town, and has many very good houfes. The 
declivity on which it hands, joined to the view of the oppo- 
fite hills, gives it an air of grandeur; whilft the wey, whofe 
ftreams water the lower part of the town, adds to the beauty as 
well as the advantage of the (ituation. This river is of the more 
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