Sys G E O G 
19. Huntingdonfliire, about twenty-five miles in length, 
and fevcnteen in breadth; has feventy-nine parilhes, 
and fix market towns ; and fends four members to par¬ 
liament. 
20. Northamptonfhire, about forty miles long, and 
twenty broad 5 has three hundred and twenty-fix pa¬ 
ri fhes, and eleven market towns; and fends nine mem¬ 
bers to parliament. 
21. Rutlandlhire, the fmallefl: county in England, 
about fifteen miles in length, and elpven in breadth ; 
has forty-eight pariflies, and two market towns; and 
fends two members to parliament. 
22. Leicefterlhire, thirty-three miles long ; has one 
hundred and ninety-three parifhes, and twelve market 
towns ; and fends four members to parliament. 
23. Nottinghamfhire, thirty-eight miles long, and 
twenty broad ; has one hundred and fixty-eight parifhes, 
and eight market towns; and fends eight members to 
parliament. 
24. Lincolnfliire, fifty-five miles long, and thirty-fix 
broad ; has fix hundred and thirty parifhes, and twenty- 
four market towns; and fends twelve members to par¬ 
liament. 
35. Norfolk, fixty miles long, and thirty-four broad; 
has fix hundred and fixty parifhes, and twenty-feven 
jnarket towns ; and fends twelve members to parliament. 
26. Suffolk^ fifty miles long, and twenty-five broad ; 
has five hundred and feventy-two pariflies, and twenty- 
eight market towns ; and fends fixteen members to par¬ 
liament. 
27. Cambridgefliire, forty-feven miles long, and eigh¬ 
teen broad ; has one hundred and fixty-three pariflies, 
and nine market towns ; has alfo-an Univerfity, confid¬ 
ing of twelve colleges, and four halls ; and fends fix 
members to parliament. 
a8. Hertfordfhire, about thirty-one miles long, and 
twenty-eight broad ; has one hundred and twenty pa¬ 
rifhes, and eight market towns; and fends fix members 
to parliament. 
39. Middlefex, twenty miles long, and fourteen broad; 
lias one hundred and twenty-fix parifhes, and four mar¬ 
ket towns, befides London; and fends eight members 
to parliament. 
30. Effex, forty-four miles long, and forty-two broad ; 
has four hundred and fifteen parifhes, and twenty-feven 
market towns ; and fends eight members to parliament. 
31. Kent, fifty-eight miles in length, and forty-eight 
in breadth ; has four hundred and eight parifhes, and 
twenty-feven market towns ; and fends ten members to 
parliament. 
32. Surry, thirty-fix miles long, and twenty-three 
broad ; has one hundred and fifty parifhes, and feven 
market towns; and fends fourteen members to parlia¬ 
ment. 
33. Sufiex, eighty miles long, and twenty-four broad; 
has three hundred and tw’elve parifhes, and thirteen 
market towns ; and fends twenty members to parliament. 
34. Hampfhire, a moft opulent maritime county, is 
forty miles long, and thirty-five broad ; has two hun¬ 
dred and fifty-three parilhes, and twenty market towns; 
and fends twenty-fix members to parliament. 
35. Berklhire, forty miles long, and twenty-four 
broad; has one hundred and forty parifhes, and twelve 
market towns; and fends nine members to parliament, 
36. Wiltfiiire, fifty-four miles long, and thirty-three 
broad ; has three hundred and four parilhes, and twenty 
market towns; and fends thirty-four members to par¬ 
liament. 
37. Dorfetfhire, fifty-two miles long, and twenty- 
feven broad ; has two hundred and forty-eight parifhes, 
and fifteen market towns; and fends twenty members 
to parliament. 
38. Soinerfetfhire, fifty^fix miles long, and twenty- 
eight broad ; has three liundred and eighty-firve parifhes, 
and thirty.five market towns ; and fends eighteen raera- 
bers to parliament. 
R A P H Y. 
39. Devonfhire, feventy-three miles long, and fifty- 
three broad ; has three hundred and ninety-four pa¬ 
rifhes, and twenty-eight market towns; and fends 
twenty-fix members to parliament. 
40. Cornwall, feventy-five miles long, and twenty-fix 
miles over where broadeft ; has one hundred and fixty- 
one parifhes, and twenty market towns ; and fends forty- 
four members to parliament.—See a topographical de- 
feription, with a correft map of each county, under 
their alphabetical arrangement, in this Encyclopaedia. 
London, the capital of the Britifh dominions, contains 
nearly a million of inhabitants, is twenty miles in cir- 
cumference, and is the largefl, moft opulent, and molt 
flourifliing, city in the world.—The principal towns, 
famous for theirrefpeiSlive manufadtures, areBirmingham 
and Sheffield, for cutlery and hardware; Manchefler, 
for cotton goods; and Leeds, Wakefield, Froome, 
Trowbridge, and Bradford, for woollen cloth. The 
great commercial fea-ports, befides London, are Liver¬ 
pool, Briflol, Hull, Newcaftle, Whitehaven, Yarmouth, 
and Poole.—The dock-yards for the navy are Portf- 
mouth, Plymouth, and Chatham. 
The principal rivers in England are the Severn, the 
Thames, the Humber, the Merfey, the Trent, and the 
Medway. 
The principal lakes, are thofe in Cumberland, and 
Winander Mere in Weftmoreland. 
The Ifle of Wight, on the fouth of Hampfiiire, is fa¬ 
mous for its cultivation ; Jerfey and Guernfey are near 
the coafi: of France. The Ifle of Man is in the Irifh 
Sea. The Scilly iflands are rocks which flretch beyond 
the promontory of Cornwall, from which they are vifi- 
ble in fair weather. 
Wales, inhabited by the invincible defeendants of 
the ancient Britbns, is divided into twelve counties, 
which are as follow : 
1. Flintfhire, twenty-nine miles long, and eightee* 
wide ; has twenty-one pariflies, and two market towns; 
and fends two members to parliament. 
2. Denbighfhire, thirty-nine miles long, and fifteen 
broad ; has fifty-feven parilhes, and four market towns; 
and fends two members to parliament. 
3. Montgomcryfliire, thirty-five miles long, and thir¬ 
ty-four broad ; has fixty-eight parilhes, and fix market 
towns ; and fends two members to parliament. 
4. Anglefea, twenty-four miles long, and fourteen 
broad ; has feventy-four parifhes, and two market towns; 
and fends one member to parliament. . 
5. Carnarvonfhire, fifty miles long, and thirteen 
broad ; has fixty-eight pariflies, and fix market towns; 
and fends two members to parliaineiit. 
6. Merionethfhire, forty-feven miles long, and twen- 
ty.five broad ; has thlrty-feven parifhes, and five mar¬ 
ket towns; and fends one member to parliament. 
7. Radnorfhire, about thirty miles in length, and 
twenty-five in breadth ; has fifty-two pariflies, and four 
market towns; and fends two members to parliament. 
8. Brecknockfliire, thirty-nine miles long, and twenty- 
feven broad ; has fixty-one. parifhes, and four market 
towns ; and fends two members to parliament. 
9. Glamorganfliire, twenty-feven miles long, and 
twenty-five broad ; has one hundred and eighteen pa¬ 
rifhes, and nine market towns ; and fends two members 
to parliament. 
10. Pembrokefhire, about thirty-feven miles long, 
and eighteen broad ; has one hundred and forty-five pa¬ 
rifhes, and five market towns; and fends three mem¬ 
bers to parliament. 
11. Cardiganlhire, about forty-two miles long, and 
twenty broad ; has fixty-four parifhes, and four market 
towns ; and fends two members to parliament. 
13. Carmarthenfhire, forty-eight miles long, and 
twenty-five broad; has one hundred and forty-five pa¬ 
rifhes, and eight market towns ; and fends two members 
to parliament. 
Angleka is an jfland. The common paflage from 
England 
