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The County of WESTMORLAND is 110 M. in Circumference
contains abt. 510000 Acres, 5 Wards, 8 Mt. & 2 Borough Towns
26 Pars. & about 6500 Houses. The Air is very sharp & cold &
not subject to Foggs but healthy & agreable with strong
Constitutions; insomuch that it hardens them against
Diseases. The Soil is not very good but Mountainous & Moory,
having several very high Hills. Ye Northern Parts are best.
Its Comod~ & Manufacture is Cloth, & tho' this County is but
barren on ye Hills yet there are good store of Sheep & ye
Valleys are fruitfull in Corn & produce much Grass near ye
Rivers. It pays in ye [2|Q] Aid L1522-11-10
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