have very good land and fruitfull, so they equally partake of y^e bad, tho’ Indeed Westmoreland takes it name from its aboundings in springs which distilling itself on Lower ground, if of a spungy soile made it marshy or Lakes, and in many places very fruitfull in summer graine and grasse, but y^e northerly winds blow Cold so long on them y^t they never attempt sowing their Land with wheate or Rhye. Y^e stones and slatt about Peroth Look’d so Red y^t at my Entrance into the town thought its buildings were all of brick, but after found it to be the Coullour of the stone w^{ch} I saw in the Quarrys Look very Red, their slatt is the same w^{ch} Cover their houses. Its a pretty Large town—a good Market for Cloth that they spinn in the Country—hempe and also woollen. Its a great Market for all sorts of Cattle, meate Corne &c &c. Here are two Rivers one Called y^e Emount w^{ch} parts Cumberland and Westmoreland, w^{ch} bridge I should have passed over had I Come the direct Roade from Kendall to Peroth, but strikeing off to Ambleside to Wiandermer I came another End of y^e town. In this River are greate falls of waters Call’d Cataracts, by Reason of the Rock and shelves in it w^{ch} makes a great noise w^{ch} is heard more against foul weathers into the town, tho’ the bridge be halfe a mile out of y^e town. The other River is Called Louder w^{ch} gives name to Lord Landsdown’s house Call’d Louder hall w^{ch} is four mile from Peroth. I went to it through fine woods, the front is just faceing the great roade from Kendall and Lookes very nobly, w^{th} severall Rows of trees w^{ch} Leads to Large jron gates, open barres, into the stable yard w^{ch} is a fine building on y^e one side of y^e house very uniform, and just against it is such another Row of buildings y^e other side of y^e house Like two wings w^{ch} is the offices. Its built Each Like a fine house jutting out at Each End and y^e middle is w^{th} Pillars, white, and Carvings Like the Entrance of a building. These are just Equal and alike and Encompass the two sides of the first Court w^{ch} Enters, with Large jron gates and jron Palasadoes in the breadth, and then there is an ascent of 15 stone steps turned round, very Large, and on the top Large jron gates pallisad of jron betweene stone pillars, w^{ch} runs the breadth of the front. This Court is with paved walks of broad stone, one broad one to the house, y^e other of same breadth runs aCrosse to the stables and offices, and so there is 4 Large Squares of grass in w^{ch} there is a large Statue of Stone in the midst of Each, and 4 Little Cupids or Little Boys in Each Corner of the 4 squares. Then one ascends severall more steps to another Little Court v^{th} open Iron Railes, and this is divided Into severall grass plotts by paved walks of stone to the severall doores, some of w^{ch} are straight, others slope: the grass plotts being seven and in Each statue the middle-most is taller than the rest, this is just the front of y^e