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KENDAL. [1]
The approach to it from the north is pleasant. A noble river, the
Kent, is discovered flowing briskly through fertile fields, and
visiting the town in its whole length. It is crossed by a
handsome bridge, where three great roads coincide, from Sedbergh,
Kirkby-Stephen, and Penrith. The main street leading from the
bridge slopes upwards to the centre of the town, and contracts
itself into an inconvenient passage, [2] where it joins another
principal street, which falls with a gentle declivity both ways,
and is a mile in length, and of spacious breadth. Was an area for
a market-place opened at the incidence of these two streets, it
would be a noble improvement. The entrance from the south is by
another bridge, which makes a short awkward turn into the
suburbs, but after that, the street opens well, and the town has
a chearful appearance. The principal inns are genteel,
commodious, and plentifully served.
Here is a workhouse for the poor, which for neatness and oeconomy
exceeds most of the kind in the kingdom.
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