THis County is partly Hilly, and partly Plain; It pro∣duces Cattle, a good sprinkling of Corn, store of Wild-Fowl, and in some places abounds in Fish, Venison, &c. It is Bounded with Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cumber∣land. It is divided into five Wards, containing 26 Parishes, and 8 Market Towns, 6 Castles, 8 Rivers, over which are 15 Bridges; 2 Forrests, and 10 Parks: It sends Members to Parliament 4, viz. Appleby 2, and 2 Knights of the Shire. In this County is the famous Forrest of Marler∣strange and the Castle of Howgil: Its chief Towns are Appleby, Kendale, Kirby, Burg, or Brough under Stain∣more: This last is undoubtedly the Ruine of an eminent Place antiently called Verterl, where a Roman Comman∣der kept his Station with a Band of Directors.
Amble-side or Amboglana, not far from Winander Meer (in which a Fish called a Charr is found, and in no other Water) is the Ruins of some famous City of the Romans which may be gathered from Paved Ways leading to it, and the Roman Coins that have been often Digged up there.
The Rivers Spaud and Barrow with many windings pleasantly water the Country. The Peak of Morton is much taken notice of, for near the River Loder there are Piramidal Stones pitched for a Mile together, some Nine, some Fourteen Foot thick; and near Kirby Longdale are