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 18¾ 78½

The London road is now on the right, and, for near four miles, runs parallel with the Railway. We here cross the Stafford and Worcestershire Canal, by means of a handsome cast iron bridge. The village of Slade Heath is close to the right. This long embankment is here interrupted by a short excavation of about three hundred yards.

17¼ 80

Opposite here, on the left, is a large house, embosomed in trees; it is Moseley Hall.

17 80¼

Near to this post, on the right, is Mr. Chamberlain's mill; the mill-head is supplied by a small stream that flows under the embankment.

16½ 80¾

To the right is the village of Ford-houses. To the left is a small red house; it is the parish school of the Hamlet of Bushbury, which is in a valley about a mile more to the south-east: the church may be plainly seen.

15½ 81¾

One hundred and fifty yards before we arrive at the 81¾ post, is Low Hill, the seat of Mr. Pountney; it is a large white house, pleasantly situated on the acclivity of a considerable eminence, backed by a thick wood, and has a commanding view of the county to the westward.

Opposite here, to the westward, is Oxley Hall, the birthplace of the late