Lord Orford's Voyage Round the Fens in 1774

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White, 1868 - 107 pages
 

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Page 50 - Hsec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus ; ac venti velut agmine facto, Qua data porta, ruunt, et terras turbine perflant. Incubuere mari, totumque a sedibus imis Una Eurusque Notusque ruunt creberque procellis Africus, et vastos volvunt ad litora fluctus : Insequitur clamorque virum stridorque rudentum.
Page 19 - is equally remarkable for the ugliness of the inhabitants as for the handsomeness of the church— a disagreeable, sallow complexion, broad flat nose, and wide mouth predominating amongst them. They are a mixture from a Dutch colony which we were informed settled here at the time of the Revolution.
Page 13 - Bridge, where we stopped, and went on shore to see a Roman Camp, adjoining to the Road leading from Horsey Bridge to Whittlesey. Whatever it may formerly have been, nothing more is to be seen than a bank or mound of Earth in a square form, rising about eight or nine feet above the level ground about it, and, like that covered with grass.
Page 66 - a fenman on the eastern bank of the river demanded fourpence for hauling on the bank ; but as he confessed it was not above a fortnight since this new tax was levied, and could give us no good reason for this novel demand, we refused to comply. He threatened to detain the horse...
Page 26 - Whittlesey Meer is somewhat more than two miles from the points we sailed between. The water rolls with great force, and in high winds the waves swell five or six feet high, being very much exposed by the lowness of the neighbouring grounds which afford no defence against them.
Page 67 - Revolution." Lord Orford says : " Many very old women in Upwell, Outwell, and March ; the sex in general extremely ugly.
Page 83 - Keach, about a mile west of the town, from whence we had a fine view of the west side of Peterborough Cathedral.

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