1Ó AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

Brent-rmarſh, on the river Brue and Ax.

Weſton-moor, near Uphill.

Banwell and Smeath moors, near Churchill.

Kenn-moor, near Yatton.

Nailſea-moor, north of Kenn.

Clapton-moor, between Clapton and Wirton.

Of theſe many have been incloſed, drained, and improved, in the courſe of the laſt twenty years, as will be noticed hereafter.

SECT. 5— Minerals,&c.

This county produces lead, copper, iron, lapis calaminaris, manganeſe, coal, lime-ſtone, paving-ſtone, tiling-ſtane, free-/one,

fullers’-earth, mart, and ochre.

SECT. 6.— Water.

The principal rivers are, the Avon, Ax, Brue, Parret, Y ow, Cale, Chew, Tone, Frome, Ivel, Ex, and Barl.

Of theſe, four only are navigable, viz. the Avon, from Bath to Briſtol, 16 miles; the Brue, from Briſtol Channel to Highbridge, 2 miles; the Parret, from Stert-Point to Langport, about 20 miles; and the Tone, from Taunton to Boroughbridge, 8 miles.

For the ſake of perſpicuity I ſhall divide the county into three diſtricts:—the firſt comprehending the trat of land included between the ports of Uphill and Kingroad on the weſt, and the towns of Bath and Frome on the eaſt. This I ſhall call the zorth-eaft diſtrict.

The next I ſhall call the ziddle diviſion; and is that por- tion of land which is bounded by the Mendip hills on the north, Bridgwater-bay on the weſt, and the town of Chard on the ſouth.

‘The fouth-wefſt diviſion will occupy the remainder.

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