belongs to y^e Duke of Devonshire its where the warme bath is and well, its the Largest house in the place tho’ not very good; they are all Entertaining houses and its by way of an ordinary—so much a piece for y^r dinners and suppers and so much for our Servants besides; all y^e ale and wine is to be paid—besides, the beer they allow at the meales is so bad y^t very Little Can be dranke. You pay not for y^r bed roome and truely the other is so unreasonable a price and y^e Lodgings so bad, 2 beds in a Roome some 3 beds and 4 in one roome, so that if you have not Company Enough of your own to fill a Room they will be ready to put others into the same Chamber, and sometymes they are so Crowded that three must Lye in a bed. Few people stay above two or three nights its so Inconvenient. We staid two nights by reason one of our Company was ill, but it was sore against our Wills for there is no peace nor quiet with one Company and another going into the bath or Coming out; that makes so many strive to be in this house because the bath is in it. Its about 40 foot Long and about 20 or 30 ffoote broad being almost square. There is 10 or 12 springs that bubble up that are a Little warme, its not so warme as milke from y^e Cow, and not a quick spring, so y^t its not Capable of being Cleansed after Everybody has been in. Its warme Enough just to Open the pores of ones body, but not to Cause sweat, I was in it and it made me shake, its farre from the heate that is in the Somersetshire baths. Its Cover’d over the top, but not Ceiled and there is an open place in the middle like a Tunnell w^{ch} pours the Cold down on y^e head, it would in my thoughts be better if it were Exposed all to y^e aire and sunn. There is a pavem^t of Stone on one side at y^e brim to walke on, with benches of Stone to Sitt on. You must have a guide y^t Swims with you, you may Stand in some place and hold by a Chaine and y^e water is not above y^r Neck, but in other parts very deep and strong it will turn you down. About 10 or 12 yards distant is a spring Called S^t Anns Well w^{ch} is for drinking, they have arch’d it up y^t its much hotter, it heates y^e Cup you take it up in but not or near so hot as y^e Somersetshire baths and springs are, the taste is not unpleasant but Rather like Milk, they say its Diaretick—I dranke a part of a Cup full.