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said, to administer justice. Its remains, with its broken arches, formed a beautiful specimen of antiquity. It has now, however, entirely disappeared. The new Bridge, a little higher up the river, is allowed to be one of the handsomest of its size in Europe. It was completed in 1788, at an expense of £14,000. This subject is ilustrated on a preceding page by a wood-cut, which will also give some idea of the position and appearance of the Castle and Church.
  town hall, Lancaster
The Town Hall, an imposing structure in the Market Place, was built in 1781-3, at an expence of £1,300. Its style of architecture has been much criticized, especially in 'The Letters from the Lakes,' which appeared in the Lonsdale Magazine. (1821.)
  Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster
The Lunatic Asylum, a building admirably adapted for the melancholy purpose for which it was erected, is situated on the Moor, a mile east of the Town. It may be viewed by tickets courteously granted by the Visiting Justices.[1]

THE VALLEY.
  Lune Valley
There are two routes from Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale: one by Halton, on the western, the other by Hornby on the eastern side of the river. The former is shorter by two miles; but being hilly and uninteresting, the latter route is generally preferred, as indeed it ought to be by the lovers of the picturesque. 'On approaching Caton, three miles from Lancaster,' says Whittaker, 'the character of the Vale of Lune, as one of the first of the northern vallies, is instantly and incontrovertibly esta-
[] A friend of ours can tell a doleful tale of his discomfiture at a game of Draughts with one of the unfortunate inmates: his only consolation being, that - as he was told - his antagonist was never known to be worsted.
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