. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ent butter are prepared for thetables of the Cambridge students. The southern and western districts, encroached upon bythe downs from the south, are only fit for the pasture of sheep. The capital of Cambridge is tlie seat of one of the two great universities. There arethirteen colleges and four halls, in which the masters, tutors, and students, not only teachand are taught, but are lodged and boarded. Some of the largest of these endowments arestated to be for poor and
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ent butter are prepared for thetables of the Cambridge students. The southern and western districts, encroached upon bythe downs from the south, are only fit for the pasture of sheep. The capital of Cambridge is tlie seat of one of the two great universities. There arethirteen colleges and four halls, in which the masters, tutors, and students, not only teachand are taught, but are lodged and boarded. Some of the largest of these endowments arestated to be for poor and indigent scholars; but are filled with the sons of opulent families,wlio cannot live there but at a very considerable expense. Yet the resort continues toincrease, and the existing colleges are insufficient to contain the applicants, who must oftenwait several 3^ears previously to admission. These colleges are large, and generally fineand handsome buildings; yet they do not produce the saixe noble and imposing effect asthose in the sister university. There are, however, two structures such as its rival cannotVol. I. 2 W. Norwich Cathedral. 370 match. DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Part 111 147
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