and 7 in Length so it shews one from top to toe. The roomes were all well wanscoated and hung and there was y^e finest Carv’d wood in fruitages, herbages, gumms, beasts, fowles &c. very thinn and fine all in white wood w^{th} out paint or varnish. Y^e severall sorts of things thus Carv’d were Exceeding naturall all round. The Chimney pieces and y^e sconces stand on Each side the Chimney, and the glasses in those Chambers where were Loose Looking-glasses, w^{ch} were w^{th} fine Carv’d head and frames some of the naturall wood others Gilt, but they were y^e largest Looking-glasses I Ever saw. There was a great flower pott Gilt Each side the Chimney in the dineing Roome for to sett trees in. Y^e great Curiosity of this wood Carving about y^e Doores Chimneys and sconces, together w^{th} y^e great Looking Glass pannells is much talked of and is y^e finest and most in quantety and numbers thats to be seen any where. There is very fine China and silver things and irons and jarrs and perfume potts of silver. Y^e common Roomes are all new, Convenient and neate with Double doores lined to prevent noises. Y^e Stair Case is wanscoated, very noble, fine Pictures, there is y^e battle at la Hogue a Large sea piece w^{th} an jnscription of y^e admiralls valour when y^e great ship y^e Gunn was burnt and mightily valued by y^e ffrench King. From thence I went 8 mile to Ely w^{ch} were as long as the 12 I Came from S^t Edmondsbery, y^e wayes being very deep; its mostly Lanes and Low moorish ground on Each Side deffended by y^e ffendiks w^{ch} are deep ditches w^{th} draines. Y^e ffenns are full of water and mudd these also Encompass their grounds, Each mans part 10 or a dozen acres a piece or more, so these dieks are the fences. On Each side they plant willows so there is 2 rows of trees runns round y^e ground w^{ch} Looks very finely to see a flatt of many miles so planted but it must be ill to Live there. All this while Ely minster is in one’s view at a mile distant you would think, but go, it is a Long 4 miles. A mile distant from y^e town is a Little Hamlet from w^{ch} I descended from a steep hill and so Cross a bridge over water w^{ch} Enters into y^e Island of Ely, and so you pass a flatt on a Gravel Causey w^{ch} way y^e Bishop is at y^e Charge to repaire Else there would be no passing in y^e summer. This is secured by some dikes w^{ch} surround more grounds as y^e former, full of Rows of trees and willows round them w^{ch} makes Ely looke finely through those trees, and y^t stands very high. In the winter this Caussey is over flowed and they have no way but boates to pass in. They Cut peate out of some of these grounds. The raines now had fallen so as in some places near y^e Citty y^e Caussey was Covered, and a Remarkable deliverance I had, for my horse Earnest to drinke ran to get more depth of water than y^e Caussey had, was on y^e brinke of one of these dikes, but by a speciall providence w^{ch} I desire never to