Volume 6

A collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels containing, I. Translations from foreign languages ... II. Original voyages and travels ... Analyses of new voyages and travels / [Edited by F.W. Blagdon].

Date:
1805-1810
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Credit: A collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels containing, I. Translations from foreign languages ... II. Original voyages and travels ... Analyses of new voyages and travels / [Edited by F.W. Blagdon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appearance bespoke nothing either uncommon or beautiful. Having wandered through the sweetly-winding walks along the margin of the river, until twilight shut the lovely prospect from our ravished eyes, we returned once more to the inn, and, alter spending some time in chatting over the pleasures of the day, and anticipating much future gratification in the prosecution of our tour, we retired to rest, and early next morning proceeded towards Brough, first passing through the ancient, but now insignificant village of Bowes, a place once deemed of some importance, being a Roman station, and having a castle of con- siderable strength, now fallen to decay, supposed to have been erected in the time of the Emperor Severus; the country around it wears a dreary aspect, and gradually becomes more bleak and uncultivated, as it approximates to Stainmoor, a wide and dismal waste upon the confines of Westmoreland. Of Yorkshire, however, ere we quit its boundaries, 1 must stop to say a few words, and as briefly as possible inform my readers, it is a large, a rich, and beautifully-varied tract of country, divided into three districts, commonly termed Ridings, (or Trithings, Thirds, as they were originally called by the Saxons) the air and soil of which differ considerably, producing plentiful crops of grain in each, and the finest sheep-pasture. The rivers, of which there are many, abound in various kinds of fish, and there are several medicinal springs in the county, whose pro- perties have been long known. Harrowgate is the most fre- quented, and in the summer season it is usually crowded with visitors from ail parts of the United Kingdoms; consequently, it is a place of great gaiety, indeed it may more properly be said of dissipation and expence. The manufacture of woollen cloths is carried on to great extent in Yorkshire ; and in general it is a cheap, plentiful and agreeable county, the residence of many opulent and respectable families, and also of as good farmers as any England can boast of. Amongst the eminent characters whom Yorkshire has pro- duced, I must not omit to mention the name of Tillotson, the celebrated Archbishop of Canterbury, a pious and learned prelate, whose writings, though now not generally admired, or even read, have been with great justice much esteemed, and his character, both in public and private life, highly respected and revered. He was born at Bradford, about the year 1630, and, after passing some time at the free-school of his native place, he removed to Cambridge, where his studies were completed; and at the Restoration, he obtained a valuable living in Suf- folk, whence he went to London, and in process of time was made Dean of Canterbury, a situation equal to the height of Jus unambitious views, and which with much solicitation lie was B 2