this white marble. Its built round a Court so the four sides are alike, at y^e Corners of it are towers w^{ch} w^{th} y^e Lanthorne or Cupilow in the middle Lookes well, the house is not very Lofty nor the windows high but it Looked Like a very uniforme neate building and pretty Large. There is a Long Walke from one part of y^e front down to y^e waterside, w^{ch} is on a descent guarded w^{th} shady Rowes of trees, there is a fine terrass walled in, at y^e water side is open gates in y^e middle and a sumer house at Each End, from whence a wall is Drawn Round the house and Gardens and a Large parck, the wall of which I Rode by a good while; so y^t altogether and its scituation makes it Esteemed by me the finest seate I have seen and might be more Rightly named mount pleasant. From Plymouth I went 1 mile to Cribly Fferry w^{ch} is a very hazardous passage by reason of 3 tydes meeting. Had I known y^e Danger before, I should not have been very willing to have gone it, not but this is y^e Constant way all people goe, and saved severall miles rideings, I was at Least an hour going over, it was about a mile but Indeed in some places notwithstanding there was 5 men Row’d and I sett my own men to Row alsoe I do believe we made not a step of way for almost a quarter of an hour, but blessed be God I Came safely over; but those fferry boates are soe wet and then the sea and wind is allwayes Cold to be upon, that I never faile to Catch Cold in a fferry boate as I did this day haveing 2 more fferrys to Cross tho’ none soe bad or halfe soe Long as this. Thence to Milbrooke 2 mile and went all along by the water and had the full view of ye Dock yards. Here I entred into Cornwall and soe passed over many very steep stony hills, tho’ here I had some 2 or 3 miles of Exceeding good way on the downs, and then I Came to y^e steep precipices—Great Rocky hills—ever and anon I Came down to the sea and Rode by its side on the sand, then mounted up againe on y^e hills w^{ch} Carryed me along Mostly in sight of y^e Southsea. Sometymes I was in Lanes full of Rowes of trees and then I Came down a very steep stony hill to Lonn 13 mile, and here I Crossed a Little arme of y^e sea on a Bridge of 14 arches. This is a pretty bigg seaport, a Great many Little houses all of stone, and steep hill much worse and 3 tymes as Long as Dean Clapper hill, and soe I continued up and down hill. Here Indeed I met w^{th} more jnclosed Ground and soe had more Lanes and a Deeper Clay Road w^{ch} by the raine y^e night before had made it very Dirty and full of water in many places, in the Road there are many holes and sloughs where Ever there is Clay Ground, and when by raines they are filled with water its difficult to shun Danger; here my horse was quite down in one of these holes full of water but by y^e good hand of God’s providence w^{ch} has allwayes been w^{th} me Even a present help in tyme of need, for giving him a good strap he fflounc’d up againe tho’ he had gotten quite down his head