Horse, he enacted by the same Authority, that not One of the Trade, after that time, should thrive within the Parish. The latter, surnamed the APOSTLE, served the Parson, as Purveyor of his Poultrie, and was frequented by the Parishioners and Neighbours about, in consequence of a most rare Property he possessed, which was, that if any pregnant Woman, desired to bring forth a Male, she should offer to Saint BARTILMEW, a Cock chicken, if a Female, was the Object of her Wishes, a Hen was the Premium. "Assuredly," says LAMBARDE, " through the Fraude of this Fore, the Country People, as wise as Capons, were many Years together, robbed of their Hens and Cockes."

Lancashire.

WINANDER MEER, which divides the District of Furness, from WESTMORELAND, on the third and fourth of June, 1772, when the Water was six feet below, its utmost known Height, and three feet above, the lowest Ebb,

Trial was made, to ascertain by Soundings, The Depth and Form of this Lake, which is

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the largest in ENGLAND, and hitherto supposed to be unfathomable, its greatest Depth was, however, found to be two hundred and one feet, near Ecclesrig-Crag. The bottom, in the middle of the Stream, is a smooth Rock; many places the Sides are perpendicular, and in some, they continue so for a Mile, without interruption. All the northern parts of Furness, are locally known by the Name of FELLS, those of upper Furness, have been called the Apennines of LANCASHIRE, and at an early period, were noted for their Deer, and wild Game. By some ancient Grants, recited in WEST's Antiquities, it appears that Wolves and Wild Boars were common, and besides the Beasts, &c. here mentioned, there was an Animal of the Deer Species, called the SEGH. In 1766 three Heads of Horns, were taken up on Dudden Sands, of a Size much superior to those of any Deer, now known; they are supposed to be the Horns of the ScoFE Stag, as they seem to agree, with the Description given of that Animal, by CAMDEN, the largest of those Heads, had the Horns fixed to the Skull, which was entire. The length of the Horns, was three feet nine inches, the Width, between the Extremity of the Tips, three feet seven inches and a

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half; the Round of the Beam, seven inches and a half, and the breadth of the Palm, four inches.

The Hill of Pendle, which has given rise to the rhyming Phraseology, so commonly repeated, by the Peasants' Children of this County, and Yorkshire, especially in Craven,

"Pendle Hill, and Pennygent, and little Ingleborough, Are three such Hills, as you'll not find, by seeking ENGLAND thorough,"

makes a conspicuous Figure, on its Top, stood Malkin-Tower, celebrated in 1633, for being the Rendezvous of WITCHES; seventeen poor Wretches were condemned, under perjured Evidence: the Affair was scrutinized into, and the Convicts set at Liberty. A Witness swore, he saw them go into a Barn, and pull at six Ropes, down which fell, Flesh smoking, Butter, in lumps, Milk, as it were flying from the said Ropes, and all falling into six Basons, placed beneath. It is a mortifying Reflection, that Sir THOMAS BROWN, Author of the Book against Vulgar Errors; and GLANVIL, One of the first Promoters of the ROYAL SOCIETY, which was instituted, er

pressly, for the Detection of false Opinions, and Establishment of Truth, were instances of Credulity, in these most absurd of all Accusations.

Although the Fears of Enchantments and Ghosts, have nearly subsided, a superstitious Respect to Quack Medicines, and pompous Nostrums, occupies the place in illiterate Minds. The Author, of " the Description of the Country round MANCHESTER," says, "that during his stay in that Town, he heard of three Persons, a foolish Old Woman, an ignorant Farrier, and an impudent Weaver, who all assumed superior Knowledge, in Anatomy and Medicine, and arrogantly laid claim, to the Profession of PHYSICIAN, or SURGEON; but what was more surprising, Each of them was attended, by a numerous Flock of Patients, among whom, were some People of Property." In the Chapelry of WHITWORTH, lived two Persons, known by the Appellation of the Whitworth Doctors, whose Fame, at one time, spread not only around the Neighbourhood, but even to the METROPOLIS, and other parts of the Kingdom. “They were chiefly noted for setting broken, and dislocated Bones, and for the Cure of

cancerous, and other Tumours, by Caustics, properly termed by themselves, keen.

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less than one hundred persons, annually take Lodgings in Whitworth, to be under their Care, besides a great Resort of occasional Visitants. With very reasonable Charges, they have realized handsome Fortunes, and which they enjoy, with the general Esteem, of their Neighbours."

LIVERPOOL, (of which it may be safely averred, that no Commercial Town in GREAT BRITAIN, has so rapidly advanced, to great Extent and Opulence,) like AMSTERDAM, arose, from the original Industry of a few Fishermen, who found the Spot convenient for their Dwelling, and Pursuits. Dr. AIKIN has thus poetically described it.

"Where MERSEY's Stream, long winding o'er the Plain,
Pours his full Tribute to the circling Main,
A Band of Fishers chose their humble Seat;
Contented Labour bless'd the fair Retreat;
Inur'd to Hardship, patient, bold, and rude,
They brav'd the Billows for precarious Food;
Their straggling Huts were rang'd along the Shore,
Their Nets and little Boats their only Store."

And Mr. Roscoe, in his descriptive Poem, entitled Mount-Pleasant, says,