the Sessions are kept for the shire; its built of Stone and looks very well, there are 2 gates to it, many streetes, some are pretty broad, all well pitch’d, w^{th} a spacious Market place w^{th} a town hall on the Market Crosse. Thence I went through y^e Lord Darentwaters parke just by his house w^{ch} is an old building not very Large, for 3 mile in all, to a Little village where I cross’d over the Tyne on a Long Bridge of stone w^{th} many arches. The river is in some places broader than in others, its true at this tyme of y^e yeare being Midsumer the springs are the Lowest and the Rivers shallow, and where there is any Rocks or stones Left quite bare of water. Thence I went 4 mile along by the Tyne, the road was good hard gravelly way for the most part, but very steep up hills and down; on one of these I Rode a pretty while w^{th} a great precipice on the Right hand down to the river, it Looked hazardous, but the way was very broad. The River Looked very reffreshing and y^e Cattle Coming to its sides and into it where shallow to Coole themselves in the heate, for hitherto as I met w^{th} noe Raines, notwithstanding the great raines y^t fell the 2 dayes before I Left Woolsley, and y^e Little showers I had when I went to Hollywell I was not annoy’d w^{th} wet nor Extream heat, the Clouds being a shade to me by day and Gods good providence and protection all wayes. This after noon was the hottest day I met with but it was seasonable being in July. As I drew nearer and nearer to NewCastle I met with and saw abundance of Little Carriages w^{th} a yoke of oxen and a pair of horses together, w^{ch} is to Convey the Coales from y^e pitts to y^e Barges on the river. There is Little sort of Dung-potts. I suppose they hold not above 2 or three Chaudron. This is the sea Coale which is pretty much small Coale tho’ some is round Coales, yet none like the Cleft coales and this is what y^e smiths use and it Cakes in y^e ffire and makes a great heate, but it burns not up Light unless you put most round Coales w^{ch} will burn Light, but then its soon gone and that part of y^e Coale never Cakes, there fore y^e small sort is as good as any—if its black and shineing, that shows its goodness. This Country all about is full of this Coale, y^e sulpher of it taints y^e aire and it smells strongly to strangers,—upon a high hill 2 mile from NewCastle I could see all about the Country w^{ch} was full of Coale pitts. New-Castle Lies in a bottom very Low, it appears from this hill a greate fflatt. I saw all by the river Tyne w^{ch} runns along to Tinmouth 5 or 6 miles off, w^{ch} Could see very plaine and y^e Scheld w^{ch} is the key or ffort at the mouth of y^e river w^{ch} disembogues itself into y^e sea; all this was in view on this high hill w^{ch} I descended—5 mile more, in all nine from that place.