GREAT OUSE, a river which rises near Fitwell in Oxfordshire, and proceeds to Buckingham, Stony-Stratford, and Newport-Pagnel, in Buckinghamshire; from thence it proceeds to Bedford, and turning north-east it passes on to Huntingdon and Ely, till at length it arrives at Lynn-Regis in Norfolk, and falls into the sea. It is navigable for some distance above Downham, where there is a good harbour for barges; and a considerable trade is carried on by it to Lynn and other towns.
Smaller Ouse, rises in Suffolk, and, separating that county from Norfolk on the south-west, discharges itself into the Great Ouse near Downham. There is still another of the same name which rises in the west-
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Outlawry. north-west side of Yorkshire; and chiefly running to the south-east, at length falls into the Humber.