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 heaviest on the line, being three quarters of a mile in length, and, in some places, from forty to fifty feet above the fields below. In crossing it the railway passes orer two bridges.

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Proceeding along this great work, we enter the county of Staffordshire. The eye is attracted to the right by a group of houses, in front of which is a large piece of water; the most prominent is Mr. Twemlow's mill. The red brick building surrounded with trees is Wrine Hall, now a farm house, occupied by Mr. Timmis, but formerly the family seat of the Egertons: a great portion of the original mansion has been removed; it formerly covered the whole of the present garden.

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The Madeley Excavation here commences; it is between forty and fifty feet high, and, with the exception of an embankment across a deep dell in Grafton wood, of about 50 yards in width, it is a mile and a half in length. The Railroad proceeds under two bridges through Grafton Wood, the trees of which have a singular appearance, at the great height above you. This country used to be hunted by hounds, kept at Betley; but the extent of the woods, and the close approximation of the covers would, we should think, ever prevent much sport: it would be a gallant fox indeed,