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AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

SECT. 2.— Diviſions

The county of Northumberland is divided into fix Wards,—viz: Tindde Ward, Coquetdale Ward, Glen- date Ward, Bamborough Ward, Morpeth Ward, and Caſtle Ward.—The three firſt are fituated in the weſ= tern part of the county, and include the whole of the mountainous diſtriét, with a conſiderable portion of in- cloſed cultivated country:—The three latter adjoin the fea coaît, and being exempt from mountainous diſtrict, have been long under cultivation; the vaſt reſources of coal, Caſtle Ward in particular poſſefles, and the increaſed population the coal trade occaÎons, give them a decided preference i point of riches and population; tho’ in point of magnitude, conſiderably the ſmalleſt, occupying lels than one-fourth of the county,

Norhamſhire and Iflandſhire are ſituated at the northern extremity of the county of Northumberland, and com- prehend a triangular ſpace, the two fides of which are formed by the River Tweed and German Ocean, and the baſe the northern boundary of Glendale and Bambro? Ward z; it contains about 72 ſquare miles of well-inclo= ſed cultivated country.

Bedlingtonfhire is ſituated at the ſouth-eaſt corner of

Caſtle Ward, bounded on the eaſt by the German Ocean,

and on the north and ſouth by the rivers Wanfſbeck and Blyth, and contains about 30 ſquare miles.

SECT. 3— Climate.

The Climate—in regard to temperature, is ſubjed to great variation; upon the‘mountains, ſnow will often continue for ſeveral months,(and may freguently be ſeen there of a conſiderable depth) when there is none in the lower diſtri&ts, The weather is very inconſtant, but moſt-

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