HUNTINGDONSHIRE, a county of England, bounded
on the south by Bedfordshire; on the west by Nor-
thamptonshire, as also on the north; and by Cam-
bridgehire on the east; extending 26 miles in length
from north to south, 20 in breadth from east to west,
and near 67 in circumference. This county, which is
in the diocese of Lincoln, is divided into four hundreds,
and contains 6 market-towns, 29 vicarages, 78 parishes,
256 villages, about 6841 houses, and in 1801, nearly
38,000 inhabitants; but sends only four members to
parliament, namely, two knights of the shire, and two
members for Huntingdon. 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 Whittiefey mere.
HU-QUANG, a province of the kingdom of China,
in Ssu, which has a great river called Tang, and Tse-
chiang, which runs across 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 everywhere with brooks, lakes,
and rivers, in which there are great numbers of fish.
Here is plenty of wild-fowls; the fields nourish cattle
without number, and the soil produces corn, and var-
ious kinds of fruits. There is gold found in the
fands 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.