Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 49
... called from its blue transparency , which the inhabitants fancy resembles the feathers of that bird , rises in the rocky hills of the Peak of Derbyshire , afterwards parts that county from Staffordshire , in the early part of its course ...
... called from its blue transparency , which the inhabitants fancy resembles the feathers of that bird , rises in the rocky hills of the Peak of Derbyshire , afterwards parts that county from Staffordshire , in the early part of its course ...
Page 52
... called the most considerable river in this county , rises in that vast tract of Downs which divides it from Somersetshire , its two channels unite at Maiden Newton , and flows to Dorchester , and fed by various streams from the South ...
... called the most considerable river in this county , rises in that vast tract of Downs which divides it from Somersetshire , its two channels unite at Maiden Newton , and flows to Dorchester , and fed by various streams from the South ...
Page 53
... called Stanemore ; the mountains from which the Tees derives its origin are gigantic , and Teesdale presents a long winding fertile stripe , surrounded by some of the wildest districts in the kingdom . The Tees is crossed often , it ...
... called Stanemore ; the mountains from which the Tees derives its origin are gigantic , and Teesdale presents a long winding fertile stripe , surrounded by some of the wildest districts in the kingdom . The Tees is crossed often , it ...
Page 54
... bred and fattened the famous Oysters . The STOUR of Essex rises at a place called Sturmer , not far from Haverhill , on the borders of Cambridgeshire , passes through Sudbury , from which place , by an Act of the fourth 54.
... bred and fattened the famous Oysters . The STOUR of Essex rises at a place called Sturmer , not far from Haverhill , on the borders of Cambridgeshire , passes through Sudbury , from which place , by an Act of the fourth 54.
Page 59
... called , from its superior fertility , the Golden Vale , joins the Wye at Monmouth . The Trothy from the interior of Monmouthshire , is added to the Wye below Monmouth . The Diffrin - Doe is said to be the only river in the county that ...
... called , from its superior fertility , the Golden Vale , joins the Wye at Monmouth . The Trothy from the interior of Monmouthshire , is added to the Wye below Monmouth . The Diffrin - Doe is said to be the only river in the county that ...
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