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1N T RODU C T 1 0 N.

HE county of Middleſex, though the firſt in Great- Britain in point of population, is among the fmalleſt in point of extent, being only about twenty-four miles in length from Eaſt to Weſt, and eighteen in breadth from North to South. It is divided into ſix hundreds and two liberties. It contains two cities, which, united, form thie capital of Great-Britain; and five market-towns; beßdes a great number 0f populous villages. It is bounded on the South by the river Thames; and that part of it, next the river, may be lienhe a portion of the extenſive vale of the Thames, which, for bea auty and rich cultivation, is, perhaps, unequalled by any other vale in Europe. Towards the North and Eaſt, it is moſt beautifully diver- ſified, by ſmall eminencies, or green hills, whoſe verdure is hardly impaired, even by the cold and ſtorms of winter. The number of acres in this county is computed to be about 250,000; by far the greateſt proportion of which confiſts of garden ground, meadow, and pafturage; the vicinity of the capital, rendering that mode of occupy- ing the ſoil, the moſt profitable. In general, it is ſuppoſed by the moſt experienced and beſt informed Perſofis in the county, that about 130,000 acres is in meadow and paf- turage, 50,000 acres in nurſery, gardens and pleaſure- grounds, 50,000 acres in tillage, and about 20,000 acres in

waſtes and commons, or applied to no profitable purpoſe.

he p 13, in fillage js 1IEV The part that is in tillage is, in general, in good cultiva- „ 1 I4A——, 2 Sor. 1 tion, and yields heavy crops of all kinds of grain; but, to

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nent of every ſorelgner who viſfits us, it contains many

thouſand acres, ſtill in a ſtate of nature; and, though with- 1. 1„

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bour of man, as if they belonged to the Cherokees, or any

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