LEEK, (Staffordshire) 116 cm. 137 mm. from London, lies amongst the barren moor-lands, has a mf. of buttons, a Mt. on W.
and a Fair April 3, and is of note for its excellent ale. Its manor was formerly abbey-land. In Blue-Hills in the
neighbourhood are coal-mines; and a salt stream comes from thence, which tinges the stones and earth through which it runs
with a rusty colour, and, with the infusion of galls, turns as black as ink. Here are rocks of a most surprizing height,
without any turf or mould upon them.