In the Evening I walk’d out at Durham to another part of the town, by another turn of the river along by its Banck, and the river here would meete were it not for a Ridge of a hill runs between, it in w^{ch} are buildings and ascends up a mile in Length, w^{ch} is one of the Parishes. In walking by this river we Came to S^r Charles Musgroves House w^{ch} is now old and ruinous but has been good. The Gardens are flourishing still w^{th} good walks and much ffruite of w^{ch} I tasted; its a place that is used Like our Spring Gardens for the Company of the town to walk in the Evening, and its most pleasant by the river, w^{ch} by means of severall bays or wires which is of Rock, the waters has greate falls from thence, w^{ch} adds a murmuring sound acceptable to the people passing. They have good ffish in the river but its full of rocks; they talk much of makeing it Navigeable but I ffancy the many Rocks all along in it will render it a Difficult work. I went a mile to see the spaw waters and to see a salt spring in the Rock in the middle of y^e river. In halfe a mile I came to a well w^{ch} had a stone Bason in it and an arch of stone over it; the taste was Like y^e Sweete Spaw in Yorkshire and the Tunbridge waters. About halfe a mile farther I Came to a well w^{ch} is Like the Sulpher Spaw, taste and Looke agreeing thereto, w^{ch} is from brimstone, but its not quite soe strong for it was a Longer tyme before the silver was Changed in it. Here I went a very bad and hazardous passage full of stones Like stepps, the water trilling Down them, and a very narrow passage by the Bushes and Bancks, but when I was got in there was noe returning, so on I went to the river w^{ch} was a Large step to goe down into, and all the river full of Shelves and Rocks.