At the End of y^e town just by the Castle you Crosse over a very large and Long Bridge over the River Dee w^{ch} has the tyde Comes up much beyond the town; its 7 mile off y^t it falls into y^e sea, but its very broad below y^e town, when at high tyde is like a very broad sea: there they have a little Dock and build shipps of 200 tunn, I saw some on the stocks. Cross this River by this Bridge Enters Fflintshire and so Crossed over y^e marches w^{ch} is hazardous to strangers, therefore M^r W^m Allen—w^{ch} was y^e major of Chester that time and gave me a very Civil treate being an acquaintance of my Brother S^r Edmund Harrison—so order’d his son and another Gentleman to Ride w^{th} me to Direct, to Harding w^{ch} was 5 miles. Just by that was a very fine new built house of Brick and in y^e Exact forme of y^e London Architecture w^{ch} was this M^r Majors house and good gardens. Att Harding, where was my Relation D^r Percivalls wife who was Minister of y^t place: his parish was 8 miles in Extent and 2 lordships in it, and y^e ruines of two great Castles in it remaines—its good Rich Land here, much on Enclosures and woods. In a tarresse walke in my Relations garden I could very plainly see Chester and y^e River Dee with all its Washes over the Marsh ground w^{ch} look’d very finely: here are sands w^{ch} makes it very difficult for strangers to passe w^{th} out a guide. From hence my Relation Carry’d me to Holly Well and pass’d thro’ Flint town w^{ch} is the shire town 5 mile from harding; its a very Ragged place many villages in England are better, y^e houses all thatched and stone walls, but so decay’d that in many places Ready are to tumble down. There was a town hall such a one as it was; it was at a Session tyme w^n I was there w^{ch} shew’d it at its Prime. There is a Castle w^{ch} still remaines w^{th} its towers built of stone, its down to y^e water side: from thence to Holy well is 3 mile mostly by y^e water side w^{ch} is Reckon’d the sea—here I went just in sight of high Lake where were many shipps Rideing along that harbour.