From Shrewsbury I went through the great ffaire w^{ch} was just kept that day there, full of all sorts of things and all the roade for 10 mile at Least I met y^e people and Commoditys going to the ffaire. 2 mile thence I passed over the River Cern on a Large stone bridge, this is deep and joyns the Severn and soe I Rode by the great hill Called the Reeke noted for the highest piece of ground in England, but it must be by those that only Live in the heart of y^e Kingdom and about London, for there are much higher hills in the north and West and alsoe not 40 mile distant from it; Manborn hills seems vastly higher. This hill stands just by itself a round hill and does raise its head much above y^e hills neare it, and on the one side does Looke a great steepe down, but still my thoughts of the ffells in Cumberland and Westmoreland are soe farr beyond it in height that this would not be mentioned there; it is seen 20 mile off and soe may many other hills, but when I Rode just under it I was full Convinc’d its height was not in Compẽtion w^{th} those in other parts that I have seen. There are great hills all about w^{ch} I pass’d over full of Coale pitts. Here I Came into y^e Whatling Streete w^{ch} is one of y^e great roads of England w^{ch} divided y^e Land into so many Kingdoms under y^e Saxons. The roads are pretty good but y^e miles are Long, from Shrewsbury to y^e Reeke is 9 mile, from thence to S^r Thomas Patsells house 10 mile more; here I went to see his Gardens w^{ch} are talk’d off as y^e finest and best kept, y^e house is old and Low, if y^e Gentleman had Lived he Did design a new house, its now his sons who is an Infant. Before you Come to y^e house for a quarter of a mile you Ride between fine Cut hedges, and y^e nearer y^e approach the finer still, they are very high and Cut Smoothe and Even just Like y^e hedges at Astrop waters, and of Each side beyond are woods, some regular Rows, some in its native Rudeness, w^{th} ponds beyond in grounds beneath it. Y^e End of this walke you Enter a Large gate of open Iron grates, w^{th} as many more jron grates on Each side as the Breadth of y^e gate, opposite to this is just another that opens into those grounds I first mention’d. There is a Large pitched Court w^{th} some open jron gates and grates at Each End, y^t gives the visto quite a Cross through to other Rows of trees w^{ch} runs up all about y^e severall avenues.