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| continues but a ſhort ſpace of time upon the ground, owing | to the maritime ſituation of the county.

The prevailing winds of this county are the Weſt and N. W. winds, which produce a mildneſs of climate, and falubrity of air and atmoſphere, unknown in moft diſtricts ſo far

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d advanced to the north. : Though that part of the county which lies to the ſouth of

f the river Ribble is in general a low and flat region, perhaps few

| diſtri&s of this or any other kingdom can produce a more healthy, vigorous, or ative race of inhabitants; living in gene-

| ral, when temperate, to a great age, and bearing in the whole of

: their appearance a moſt ample teſtimony, to the fſalubrity of

;: their native air.‘The beauty of. the Lancaſhire witches has

5 long been celebrated; and the men are no leſs diſtinguiſhed

L for their military ſtrength and proweſs, The neighbourhood

; of the Atlantic ocean, and the elevation of its mountain boun-

dary, certainly render this county more ſubje& to wet weather

than moſt in the kingdom. Theſe frequent rains, however, have the effeQ of rendering Lancaſhire one of the molt pro- dudive and certain graſs-land diſtricts in the ¡land Ebe ſoll is peculiarly adapted to graſs, and the climate uncommonly fas

1 yourable for that production.

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