1799.) Venomous Reptiles in 
keys before {poken of, where they fubfift 
moftly upon ‘ith, and fome falt beef and 
bifcuit, which they purchafe on the con- 
tinent with the money they receive for 
turtle. ‘This money, however, is moftly 
expended in rum, which is not allowed 
to grow old in their poffeflion. It will 
be eafily fuppofed that neither the males 
nor the females of this clafs are remark- 
ably delicate either in perfon or beha- 
viour*, 
If I thonld be afked, what is the re- 
ligion in this fettlement ? I muft anfwer, 
none to my knowledge. — Here | is no 
prieft, no church, no public worlhip. It 
js a fubject, in fhort, never thought of. 
What a happy opportunity for the mif- 
fionary fociety to extend their pious la- 
bourst ! 
J am truly forry to add, that in a 
country containing between two and 
three thoufand inhabitants there is nota 
{choolmafter. One perfon attempted the 
talk for fome time during my ftay at 
Honduras, but received little or no en- 
couragement. 
The political ftate of this fettlement, 
and its natural hiftory, will be the fub- 
ject of a future letter. Jam, Sir, 
Your moft obedient fervant, 
Jas. BANNANTINE. 
Temple-firect, St. George’s-fields. 

For the Monthly Magazine. 
Mr. EDITOR, 
ERMIT me to folicit the attention 
of fome one of your many able cor- 
reipondents to the following queftions :— 
Upon what authority is the non-exiftence 
of venomous reptiles in Ireland afferted, 
and upon what denied ? What is the moft 
philofophical caufe affigned for fuch non- 
exiftence, if that fact be acknowledged ? 
What authors have beft treated upon the 
fubject? In addition to the individual 
obligation which anfwers to thefe quef- 
tions would confer upon me, much plea- 
* Here are a good many merchants and 
feveral medical men, but no lawyers, nor any 
artifans, excepta very. few carpenters and one 
ortwo taylors. They admit no Jews to fettle 
among them. In Belize town there is one 
tavern, firft eftablifhed in 1786. 
+ While Colonel! Desparv was at Hon- 
duras, in the capacity of fuperintendant of 
his majefty’s affairs, le made repeated and 
earneft applications to government to eftablifh 
a clergyman inthis fettlement, but without 
Fuccels, 
Treland....Houfman’s Tour. 
289 
fure would, I am perfuaded, refult from 
the difcuffion tothe public in general, and 
your readers in particular, I am, Sir, 
Your’s, very refpecttully, 
Manchefter, March 31. INscius. 

TOUR OF ENGLAND. 
(Continued from page 34.) 
Journal of a Tour through almoft every county 
in England, and partof Wales, by Mr. Joun 
ousMAN, of Corby, near Carlifle; who 
was engaged to make the Tour by a gentle- 
man of diftinétion, for the purpofe of col- 
leéting authentic information relative to 
the ftate of the poor. The Journal com. 
prifes an account of the general appearance 
of the country, of the foil, furface, build. 
ings, é&c. with obfervations agricultural, 
commercial, &c. 
OVEMBER 13, went from Pref- 
teign to Bifhop’s Caftle in. Shrop- 
fhire, 2o miles. I breaktafted at Knigh- 
ton, a pretty little market town a tew 
miles from Prefteign. Before I reached 
Knighton I pafled over a large common, 
which, by cultivation, might be rendered 
very ufeful. The town ftands at the bot- 
tom of a deep narrow valley, along 
which a pretty rivulet runs; the road I 
pafled to and from Knighton, has a very 
quick defcent into the town, and a ftill 
more rapid afcent out of it: moft ef the 
banks are clothed with wood. I after- 
wards crofled a common of fevera] miles 
in extent, and had a view of fome others 
at a great diftance, Thefe commions are 
moftly dry, and naturally produce fern, 
and fome whins or furze: the fheep de- 
pafturing thereon are fmall. The foil of 
this diftrict in genc#al is gravelly and dry, 
but a part contains a ftrongifh clay: the 
furface is hilly, but not mountainous: 
tracts of wood-land, chiefly fmall oaks, 
appear here and there. This diftrict is 
very much a corn country.  Bifhop’s 
Caftle is a fmal] ancient market town, 
poorly built, and has about 1100 inha- 
bitants, whoare farmers, common tradef= 
men, and mechanics: it ftandsina plea- 
fant farming country: the farmers are 
affembled here to-day at the fair, difpofing 
of their cattle, and are as drunken and 
noify as I generally found that elafs of 
men in other parts of the kingdom. Here 
was anciently a very large and ftrong caftle 
from which the town took its name, but 
there is now {carce a veftige of it remain- 
ing. ‘The averagerent of land is between 
20S. and 30S. per acre, and the commons 
ize of farms is abot aool, per ann, ’ 
Rov. 
