The water just by the town Encompasses a Little piece of Ground full of Willows and so makes it an jsland, part of w^{ch} turns Mills. Thence I went 4 mile where I Cross y^e River Thames on a stone Bridge, this runs to Whitborne and is a very Rapid Streame Especially after raines, w^{ch} Just before we begun our Journey had fallen and made the roads, w^{ch} are all Lanes full of stones and up hills and down, so steep that w^{th} y^e raines y^e waters stood or Else ran down y^e hills, w^{ch} made it Exceeding bad for travelling. When we had gone 7 mile, at a Little Parish, you Enter out of Worcester into Herriffordshire and soe 7 mile ffarther to Stretton Grandsorm and new house, my Cos’n Fiennes’s. This is the worst way I ever went in Worcester or Herriffordshire, its allwayes a deep sand and soe in the winter and w^{th} muck is bad way, but this being in August it was strange and being so stony made it more Difficult to travell. From thence I went to Stoake 4 miles, where I saw M^r Folies new house w^{ch} was building and will be very ffine when Compleated. There is to be 3 flat ffronts to y^e Gardens sides; the Right Wing of y^e house is the severall appartments for the ffamily, 2 drawing roomes and bed Chambers and Closets opening both on a terrass of free stone pavements, Each End and the middle there is stone stepps goes down on Each side, w^{th} half paces to the garden w^{ch} is by more stepps descending one below another. The other wing is to y^e other Garden and are to be Roomes of State w^{ch} Lookes towards Herrifford town. this is to be Coupled together w^{th} a Large Hall w^{ch} Composes the ffront and is of stone work, the rest is brick only Coyn’d w^{th} stone and y^e windows stone, and is in forme of a halfe moone Each side w^{th} arches to the several offices and stables. To this ffront w^{ch} is to be the Entrance Large opening Iron spike gates w^{ch} Lookes into their Grounds and Meddowes below it, of a Great Length w^{th} Rows of trees to y^e river. The Roofe is Cover’d w^{th} slatt w^{ch} shines and very much represents Lead, its adorn’d round y^e Edges w^{th} stone ffigures and flower potts. There is a noble parck and woods behind—it will be very ffine when ffinished, now I saw it only in the outside shell and platt form. thence I returned to Newhouse 4 mile. Thence I went to Canaan Ffroom a mile and one mile back w^{ch} was 2 mile more, then to Stretton four tymes and back w^{ch} was 8 mile, then from Newhouse to Aldbery 5 miles, thence to Marlow 3 mile and there Entred Gloucestershire. They are pretty long miles and in the winter deep way, though now it was pretty good travelling its 8 mile beyond to Glocestertown tho’ in most places near London this would be reckon’d 20 miles; you may see the town 4 miles off. Glocester town Lyes all along on the bancks of y^e Severn and soe Look’d Like a very huge place, being stretch’d out in Length, its a Low Moist place therefore one must travel