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propriatcd for Corn; nay, the very Sides of the Rock 
upon which the Town ftands, though the Soil there 
'be but fhallow, yet, when well manured, produces 
great and very early Crops of *Peafe , Beans , Cucum- 
ber s, Afparagus , and all forts of Garden-herbs in Per- 
fection. 
The high Town lies upon the Weftern Bank of 
the River: That rifes gradually to a confiderable 
Height. The Afeent begins from the End of the 
Bridge, where what is firft worth Notice, is, a Paf- 
fage h for People on Foot, cut deep in the Rock, 
afeending with convenient Flights of Steps at proper 
Diltances, much refembling, as Travellers have ob- 
ferved, the Afeent of Mount Calvary in Jerufalem. 
On the South of this Paflage, opens a large Cave * in 
the Rock, remarkable here for being the Repofitory 
of excellent Beer : At the Entrance of this ftands a 
Lion rampant, carved in Stone, and within is a large 
Tun containing above Five Hogfheads. 
The Air of this Place is exceeding healthy, and, 
for ought I know, may vie even with that of Mont- 
pelier itfelf. It is certain, we have very few con- 
fumptive People amongft us, fo that as it is preser- 
vative to the Natives, in all Probability it might be 
reftorative to Strangers. However, we have this 
Convenience from the Variety of Situation k , that if 
h About 160 Yards in Length. 
1 In Length 33, in Breadth 27 Feet. 
k Dr. Hollins , an eminent Phyfician i \\ Shrewsbury, Father to the 
late Dr. Hollins , Phyfician to his prefent Majesty, made it his 
Obfervation, That when any Epidemical Diftempers were abroad, 
Bridgnorth was fooner freed from them than any other Place that he 
knew. The fame hath been fince confirmed by the Obfervarions cf 
Dr. Antony Weaver , now an ingenious Phyfician in this Place. 
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