Abundance of rare sea-plants grow near this coast: many species of sea-_wormwoods_, _scurvy-grass_, _crithmum marinum_, _atriplex marinum_, _&c._ of which we may expect a good account from Dr. Blair of Boston; as also of many rare fishes caught hereabouts, _Raja_, _needle-fish_, _star-fish_, &c. and of the _stickle-back_ oil is made in very large quantities, the invention of the _Ichtyophagi_, Pliny XV. 7. _Carum vulgare_, Caraway, grows plentifully in the pastures all about Boston. _Sambucus foliis variegatis baccis albis_, Elder-tree with gilded leaves and white berries, in Boston Fen-ends: a gilded _ivy_ in Mr. Pacey’s garden. _Apium palustre Italicum_, Selery _vulgo dictum_, in all the ditches of Holland. _Paronychia folio rutaceo_, Rue-leaved whitlow-grass, on the north side of walls and houses. A _barberry-tree_ without stones, in Alderchurch parish. _Asparagus sylvestris_, wild asparagus, in Gorham wood, Whaplode. Many rare plants in the east fen, such as _stratiotes azoides_, fresh water fengreen. In the boggy grounds about Tattersall, _Trifolium palustre_, _ros solis_, _virga aurea_, _myrtus brabantica_, _pinguicula_, _asphodelus_, _adianthum aureum_. In the park, _androsæmum_, _tutsan_: in the ditches hard by, _valeriana sylvestris_: in the heaths, many sorts of _erica_: _solanum lethale_ about Cowhurn. [Sidenote: +Kirton.+] Pass we from Boston by Kirkton, famous for apples, denominated from its fair church built by Alexander, that magnificent bishop of Lincoln, after the manner of a cathedral with a transept. It has a handsome tower standing upon four pillars in the middle of the cross, with a noble ring of five large bells. I observe, this building is set upon the ruins of a former church, part whereof is visible at the west end: and in most of the churches in this country the same may be discovered, from the different manner of the architecture; the most ancient having small windows arched semicircularly; what is additional, to be known by the pointed Gothic arches. This church is very neat both within and without: upon the font is this inscription: + *Orate pro anima alani burton qui fontem istum fieri fec. a. d. mccccii.* Against the north wall is the monument of a person in armour, and round it this inscription, + *Orate pro anima Iohannis de Meres.* The family of the Meres has flourished much hereabouts. [Illustration: _3·2ᵈ._ _Boston Cross_ _Stukeley delin_ _I Harris Sculp_] [Illustration: _4·2ᵈ._ The Remains of Crowland Abby. 14. July. 1724._ _Stukeley del._ _I Harris Sculp_] [Sidenote: +Crowland.+] [Sidenote: TAB. IV.]