Another journey ffrom London to Alsebury 30 mile, from thence to great Horrwood in Buckinghamshire 10 miles, from thence I went to Hillsdon a house of Mr Dentons 7 miles which stands on a Riseing in the middle of a fine Parke and lookes very well; its not large, a good hall w^{th} 2 parlours and has a glide through the house into the gardens w^{ch} are neately kept—the grass and Gravel walkes w^{th} dwarfs and flower beds and much fruit; the prospect is fine all over the gardens and parke, and the river and woods beyond them. We went to Thorndon S^r Thomas Tyrrells, a good old house and very good gardens, some walkes like Arbours Close, others shady others open, some gravel, others grass with Cyprus’ trees, a fine river runnes all the back side of the garden, where is very good ffish. The house is low but runnes much on the ground, so there are many roomes w^{ch} are lofty but its not built in many storyes. Thence we went 4 mile to Stow S^r Rich^d Temples new house that stands pretty high. You enter into a hall very lofty with a gallery round the top, thence through to a great parlour that opens in a Bellcony to the garden, and is a visto thro’ the whole house, so that on the one side you view the gardens w^{ch} are one below another w^{th} low breast walls and Taress walkes, and is replenished with all y^e Curiosityes or Requisites for ornament, pleasure and use, beyond it are orchards and woods with rows of trees; on the other side you see y^e parke rowes of trees; the roomes are all lofty and good, the hall is not large but sutable to its height—a great many Chambers and roomes of state. Some the ground floores are inlaid, ffine Pictures and good staircase and gallery w^{ch} leads to the Ledds through a large Cupelow w^{ch} gives y^e prospect of the whole Country. We went to horrwood 7 mile, by severall other seates of S^r Ralph Verny’s who has most exact ffine gardens: within two mile off Horrwood is a well of minerall waters from Iron just like Tunbridg and as good. I dranke them a fortnight—there are severall of the same sort of springs all about that Country. Thence I went to Buckinghamtown 7 mile, a very neate place and we passed the river Ouise over a very high bridge tho’ the river seemed not then so very full, but it swells after great raines which makes them build their arches so large. Thence to Banbury in Oxfordshire 13 miles, thence to morton Hindmost in Glocestershire 14 miles, thence to Hales 8 miles over steep stony hills, a house of Lord Tracy’s where my brother Say lived—a good old house, and there is a pretty Chappel with a Gallery ffor people of quality to sitt in w^{ch} goes out of the hall that is a lofty large roome: good parlour and severall good lodging roomes. You ascend into the house by Severall stone stepps. Within 2 mile of this is a better house of y^e Lord Tracy with a very good parke which stands so high that by the Lodge I rode up y^e banks I could see all the parke about and y^e deer feeding and running.