HUNTINGDONSHIRE, a county of England, bounded on the south by Bedfordshire; on the west by Northamptonshire, as also on the north; and by Cambridgeshire on the east. It is a good corn country; and abounds in pastures, especially on the eastern side, which is fenny. The rest is diversified by rising hills and shady groves, and the river Ouse waters the southern part.
The air of this county is in most parts pleasant and wholesome, except among the fens and meres, though they are not so bad as the hundreds of Kent and Essex. The soil is fruitful, and produces great crops of corn, and the hilly parts afford a fit pasture for sheep. They have great numbers of cattle; and plenty of water-fowl, fish, and turf for firing; which last is of great service to the inhabitants, there being but little wood, though the whole county was a forest in the time of Henry II. The only river besides the Ouse is the Nen, which runs through Whittlesey Mere.
HU-QUANG, a province of the kingdom of China, in Asia, which has a great river called Yang, and Tse-chiang, which runs cross it from east to west. It is divided into the north and south parts, the former of which contains eight cities of the first rank, and 60 of the second and third; and the latter, seven of the first rank, and five of the second and third. It is a flat, open country, watered every-where with brooks, lakes, and rivers, in which there are great numbers of fish. Here are plenty of wild-fowls; the fields nourish cattle without number, and the soil produces corn, and various kinds of fruits. There is gold found in the sands of the rivers; and in the mines they have iron, tin, &c. In short, there is such a variety of all sorts of commodities, that it is called the magazine of the empire.