MERSY, a river of England, which runs through
the counties of Lancaster, York, and Chester, and
empties itself into the Irish sea at Liverpool. By means
of inland navigation, it has communication with the rivers
Dee, Ribble, Ouse, Trent, Darwent, Severn, Humber,
Thames, Avon, &c.; which navigation, including its
windings, extends above 500 miles, in the counties of
Lincoln, Nottingham, York, Lancaster, Westmorland,
Chester, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Oxford, Wor-
cester, &c.