. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . bury on the fouth, to Bedminfternear Briftol on the north. Thefe mountains are the moil fa-mous in England for coal and lead mines, but the lead is lefs foftidu&Ue, and fufibie, than that of Derbyfhire, and confequentlynot fo proper for fheeting, becaufe, when melted, it runs intoknots. It is therefore generally exported, or caft into bulletsand fmall (hot. In thefe hills there are a
. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . bury on the fouth, to Bedminfternear Briftol on the north. Thefe mountains are the moil fa-mous in England for coal and lead mines, but the lead is lefs foftidu&Ue, and fufibie, than that of Derbyfhire, and confequentlynot fo proper for fheeting, becaufe, when melted, it runs intoknots. It is therefore generally exported, or caft into bulletsand fmall (hot. In thefe hills there are alfo mines of copper andoker, and the lapis calaminaris, which melted with copper, turnsit into brafs, is dug up here in greater quantities than in anyOther part of England. The beautiful foffil called Briftol ftoneis found in great abundance in fome rocks upon the banks ofAvon near Briftol; and at Bifhops Chew, or Chew Magna,near Wrinton, there is dug up a red bole, which is called by thecountry people redding, and is diftributed from thence all overEngland, for marking of fheep and other ufes. It is faid to befometimes fubftituted by apothecaries for a fort of medicinalearth brought from America. .The. THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 307 The principal rivers of this county are the Avon, the Bry^andthe Redred, or Parret : the Avon, called alfo Avon Weft, rifesin Wiltfhire, and leparates Somerfetfhire from Bry, called alfo the Bru and the Brent, rifes in a large woodor foreft, in the eaft part of this county, upon the borders ofWiltfhire, called Selwood, from which the neighbouring coun--try was formerly called Selwoodfhire. From Selwood it runsweftward, and dividing the county nearly into two equal parts,falls into the Briftol Channel a few miles north of Pedred, or Parret, rifes in the fouthermoft part of the coun-ty, near Crewkern, and running north-weft, is joined by theEvel, or Ivel, the Thone, or Tone, the Ordred, and fome otherfmall rivers, an
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