This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com OBSERVATIO NS MADE DURING A T O U R THROUGH PARTS OP ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and WALES. CONTENTS. Letter I. — Page i. TOPISTOLART introduction — The cause of travelling traced to its source — Of man in an uncultivated Jlate — In the first stages of society — In a more civilized condition — 'The advantages arising from travelling — "The different closes of travellers described — Observations on the extent of the metropolis of England — Pleasures attainable in London — Reflections on the wretched sttuation of women of the town, and on their seducers — A story of uncommon resolution — Of the Opera, Pantheon, Play-houses, &c. Letter II. — Page i3. Observations on sundry places in a journey from London to Bath, Richmond, Windsor — Meditations on human nature, excited by a walk on the terrace of Windsor castle. Letter III. — Page i9. The journey continued — Eaton college — The advantages and disad vantages of a public and of a private education pointed out, and the . preference given to the former — Account of an abrupt secession upon some disgust of the scholars belonging to Eaton school — Maidenhead bridge — Cliefden house — The city of Bath — Its antiquity — Baths — Quality of the waters — Buildings — Amusements — Prior park, with a poetical description of it by Mrs. Chandler. Letter IV. — Page 30. A tour from Bath through some of the southern parts of England . — Mendip-hills — The city of Wells — Its cathedral, and public build ings — Instance of filial ajfeclion — Ancient tombs — The library — A literary imposition detebled — Description of Okey-Hole, a famous cavern a near CONTENTS. near Wells — A paper manufactory — The ancient abbey of Glaston- bury — f'be Torr — 'The celebrated holy .thorn — Somerton and the ex tensive moor adjacent — Ivelchester, Teo^il, Shaftefbury. Letter V. — Page 45. Wardour castle, the scat of lord Arundel — The paintings — The pleasure-grounds, terrace, &c.—Font^hHl, the mansion of Mr. Beck- jvrd—His capital pictures and statues. Letter VI. — Page 52. Stour ton park, the residence of Mr. Hoare — Beautiful and romantic approach to it — Alfred' s tower — House and paintings — Lawns* temples, grottos, &c. Letter VII. — Page 6i. Longleath, the feat of ford Wey mouth — The town of IVarminster —Description of that grand vestige of Druidifm, Stonehenge — The hippodrome and barrows which lie adjacent — The city of Salisbury — Its cathedral — A Jingular cttstom of the ancient choral bishops — A remarkable anecdote relative to this collegiate church, from the State Trials. Letter VIII.— Page 6& The ruins of old Sarum — An account of the statues, paintings, tic. at Wilton, the seat of the earl of Pembroke^ Letter IX. — Page Sr. Lœngford, the seat of the earl of Radnor — Remarks on the park, house, furniture, pictures, Cffc. — Broadland, near Rumfey, belonging to lord Palmerston — The town of Southampton — Villa of Mr. Stanley in the New-forest — The city of Winchester — Its cathedral — Famous school founded by William of Wickham — Some accidental in- conveniencies which arose to the author and his companions from the city and its vicinity being crowded on account of the afjizes — Hack wood,, the feat of the duke of Bolt on — Silk manufactory at Over ton — Bene- S volence CONTENTS. volencc of the proprietor, Mr. Stratwell — A catalogue of the choke collection of paintings at the seat of Mr. Methuen at Corf dam, Wilts. Letter X. — Page 9 r. Journey from Bath to Bristol — Ancient fate of the ci/y of Bristol — Remarks on the freets, exchange, SsV. — 'The Hot-wells — The beau tiful village of Clifton — Durdharn downs — Blaze castle, the feat of lord Clifford at King s-Weflon. Letter XI. — Page 96. A passage from the Hot-wells down the river Avon, and across the Severn to Chepjlow in Wales — Observations on Piercefield, the seat of Mr. Morris — The ancient and venerable abbey of Tintern — Curi ous remains of a tessellated Roman pavement in high preservation at KerWent, between Newport and Chepjlow — The town of Newport — Cardiff- — The castle of Cardiff— The cathedral of Landaff- — Red castle on the banks of the river Toff- — Pontiprietbe, a bridge consisting of one large arch over the last-mentioned river — The town of Caer- philly, with the ruins of its frong and capacious castle — The travel lers return through Newport to the Hot-wells near Bristol. Letter XII. — Page i08. The pleasures of the foregoing journey succeeded by misfortune — The death of Eliza — Some extempore lines bewailing her loss. Letter XIII. — Page i 10. *fhe writer, in consequence of the accident related in the Twelfth Letter, leaves the Hot-wells and arrives at Thornbury, the castle of which he describe "s^— Remarks on Berkley cafle — Disgusting antiquity of the furniture — The parish church, with an account os the odd ft na tion of Us Jleeple — Remains of B ever/Ion castle — The town ofTeibury — Source of the river Avon — Observations on the woods and park of earl Bat hurst near Cirencester — The town of Cirencester — The Roman Fojfc from Cirencester to Broad Campden — The church of Fairs or d — ■ its celebrated painted windows described — The seat of Mrs. Lamb, a 2 near CONTENT S. near this town — "Delightful prospect from Hampden common — The town os Cheltenham — The city of Gloucester — Its cathedral — Antiquity — Manufactures — The town of Tewkefbury, and its church — Gome Court, the seat of the earl of Coventry — Remarks on the house, gar dens, shrubbery, buildings, views, &?<r. — Malvern wells and lofty hills — A sonnet applicable to the scene they present. Letter XIV. — Page i 24. The city of JVorcefler — Its cathedral — Process of the china and carpeting manufactories carried on there — JVhitky, the seat of lord Foley — The house and pictures — The church, an elegant fabric — The sait springs of Droitwich — Enville, a seat belonging to the earl of Stamford — Remarks on the situation of the house — The cascade, pieces of water, pleasure grounds, views, and buildings — Hagley, the feat of lord Lyttelion — The house, buffos^ and paintings — Reverential sen sations on entering the apartment in which the late lord George Lyttleton died — The park — Hagley church, in which are the monuments of his lordship and his beloved Lucy, the subject of his excellent monody — A< monumental pillar to the memory of Frederick prince of IV ales — The feat of Thomson — The hermitage — An urn dedicated' to Pope — Rural scenes. Let ter XV. — Page i 37. The Le a [owes, or Shenflone's IValks, once the residence of that ad mired poet — Approach to the house — Sylvan scenes, cascade, Jlatues,, walks, &c. — Extempore eulogium on the late gentle and humane pro prietor — An extraordinary tower near Birmingham — The town of Bir mingham — Immense numbers of its manufactories — Account of the principal one — The elegant mansion of the Reverend Dr. B -y, on the confines of Sutton wood — The genuine hospitality and unaffected courtesy of its owner — The effect of these virtues — Advantages ar sing from navigable canals — The town of Derby — Silk ma nufactory — Lord ScarfdaWs superb seat near Derby — Magnificence CONTENTS.. of the house — Capital pictures — Observations on the park — 7^ author returns to Derby — An instance of tea being , contrary to the received opinion, the cause of health and longevity. Letter XVI. — Page 149. Æover, the seat belonging to a gentleman of that name — Pictures therein — Ham, the seat of Mr. Porte — An extraordinary union of two considerable rivers in his pleasure-grounds — Dove Dale — Arched cavern in one of the rocks., called Reynard' "s Hole — Buxton-wells — Poolers Hole, the firjl wonder of the Peak — Incrustations: resembling^ various figures — Poetical extracts from Cotton relative to this subter raneous abode — Elden Hole, the fourth wonder of the Peak — Its unfathomable depth — Casualties occastoned by it — Mam 'Torr, or the: Shivered Mountain — Descent into a lead mine, with a description, of it. Letter XVII. — Page i6u Peak's Hole at Castleton — Inhabited by many families — Progressive " slate of the spars with which these caverns abound — Stupendous ap pearance of the internal cavities- — Combination of amazing scenes, and solemn incidents productive of the true sublime and beautiful — An agreeable contrast on. the external summit of the Peak near the olcU castle. Letter XVIII. — Page i 66. Preparations for exploring the 'three-mile cavern ; anenter prize ex tremely hazardous, and seldom hitherto attempted- — Perilous descent' — Imminent danger from a sudden extinction of the lights — Difficulties attending the progress. — Painful and laborious, retreat. Letter XIX.— Page i7i. Chatfworth, a mansion belonging to his grace the duke of Devon shire — Observations on the house, furniture, gardens, &c. — Memo randum of a very capital picture in the duke's collection — cThe road from this place to Matlock romantic and picturesque — Pleasant fitua- lion of Matlock spa — Chesterfield- — Sheffield — Remarks on the manu factories of that town — Done aster— Whimsical inscription on a monu ments CONTENTS. mcnt in the church — 'The harvest considerably later here than in the southern counties- — Another instance cf longevity through abstinence from fermented liquors — "Different sentiments of the faculty on this subject — The city of York — Its cathedral, castle, and assembly room — Ac count of a female dwarf — Other extraordinary instances of the casual deviations of nature in fashioning the human species. Letter XX. — Page 1 79. Castle Howard, the feat of the earl of Carlisle — fts grand appear ance — Inscription on an obelisk — Remarks on the house, statues , and paintings — The park, mausoleum, terrace, &c. — Scarborough— Its waters and amusements — Beverley — Hull — Thorne — An epitaph. Letter XXL— Page i88. Ruins of Hemfley castle — Duncombe park, a feat belonging to Mr.