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for its great fertility; and Furneſs, bordering on Cumber- cont land and Weſtmorland, where there is a fertile vale. The|(to tl Filde--1s- peculiarly diſtinguiſhed for its breed of cattle,| 1 Since the circulation of the Lancaſhire Report there, a new N, {ſpirit for agricultural improvements has ariſen, particu- ſalu larly in regard to draining, watering, making conipoſts, ma- ady: nuring their lands,&c. which cannot fail to be attended| 1 with the beſt conſeguences, ther The ſhape of the county is ſomewhat ſimilar to that of| diſtri England, Wales, and part of Scotland; e. g. ſuppoſe the parts healt beyond the fands repreſent part of Scotland; the river Loyne, rah and the inlet which runs up to Cockerham, the rivers Merſey M and Dee; that traÆ called the Filde, the principality of Wales; be, he Ribble, Briſtol Channel, and the Severn; and, again, the 8 river Merſey, the ſouthern boundary of the county, by the N Engliſh Channel, the ſouthern boundary of the kingdom. The# indentures upon the eaſtern parts of the county have a ſtrong ds ſimilarity to the indentures on the eaſtern part of the king- e dom. M Qu SECT. 23,— Climate. 0 THe ridge of mountains, which bounds this county on ib

the eaſtern ſide, from Yorkſhire, and which runs not only:

through Yorkfhire, but Cheſhire, Derbyſhire, and Stafford- ſhire,&c. and called, not improperly, the Back-bone of the| kingdom, being the moſt elevated ground in the iſland, ſcreens| Lancaſhire more particularly from the ungenia! eaſtern blaſts,’ the frofts, blights, and inſects, which infeſt the countries bor=| dering upon the German ocean;5 and though the high moun- tains may cauſe a greater guantity of rain to fall in this diſtrict, 1) {as appears by rain-gauges kept for that purpoſe) than in the niore interior parts of the kingdom; yet this county, fanned vith the weſtern gales," or north-weſt breezes, has a falubrity of air, to which may be attributed the vigour and aQivity of the inhabitants, who are, if temperate, generally long-lived. The ſaline particles, with which the weſterly winds are loaded, may allo not a little contribute to the verdure of the fields. Snow

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