to Harraget 3 tymes and back 12 mile more. From Knarsborough we went to Rippon a pretty Little market town mostly built of Stone, 8 mile, a Large Market place with a high Cross of severall Stepps; we were there the Market day where provisions are very plentifull and Cheape. In the Market was sold then 2 good Shoulders of veal, they were not very fatt nor so large as our meate in London but good meate, one for 5^d the other for 6^d, and a good quarter of Lamb for 9^d or 10^d, and its usual to buy a very good Shoulder of Veale for 9 pence, and a quarter of Beefe for 4 shillings; Indeed it is not large ox Beef but good Middling Beasts: and Craw ffish 2^d a Doz^n—so we bought them. Notwithstanding this plenty some of y^e Inns are very dear to Strangers that they Can impose on. The town Stands on a hill and there is a good large Stone built Church well Carved, they Call it a minster. There is very fine painting over the alter, it Looks so natural just like Real Crimson satten with gold ffringe like hangings, and Severall rows of Pillars in jsles on Either side w^{ch} looks very naturall. There are two good Bridges to the town, one was a rebuilding, pretty large with Severall arches Called Hewet bridge—its often out of repaire by reason of the force of y^e water that Swells after great raines, yet I see they made works of wood on purpose to breake the violence of y^e Streame and y^e Middle arche is very Large and high. There are Severall good houses about y^e town and Severall Gentlemens Seates about a mile or two distance: 2 mile off is a fine place of S^r Edw^d Blackets, it looks finely in y^e approach in the Midst of a good parke, and a River runns just by it, it stands in the middle and has two Large Gardens on Each side. You Enter one through a Large Iron Barr-gate painted Green and gold tops and Carv’d in Severall places, this is ffine Gravel walks between grass plotts 4 Square, with 5 brass Statues Great and Small in Each square, and full of borders of flowers and Green banks with flower potts. On y^e other side of y^e house is just such a Garden, only the walkes are all grass rowl’d and the Squares are full of dwarfe trees, both ffruites and green, set Cross wayes w^{ch} Lookes very finely. There is a flower Garden behind y^e house; in it and beyond it a Landry Close, with frames for drying of Cloths, walled in. There are good Stables and Coach house and all the offices are very Convenient—very good Cellars all arch’d, and there I dranke small beer four years old not too Stale, very Clear good Beer well brew’d. Their kitching, pastry and pantry &c all very Convenient; in y^e pantry hangs a picture of y^e dimentions of a large ox y^t was fed in these grounds w^{th} y^e accò of its weight. Y^e Quarters was 106 Stone 1^£ and y^e hide was 12 stone and 8 pound, the tallow was 19 stone, the head 4 stone, y^e Legs and feate weigh’d 3 stone 11^£. This Gentleman breeds and feeds much Cattle in his grounds and has one of y^e largest Beeves