county of England; anciently reckoned a part of Wales, but in Charles the second's time taken into the Oxford circuit, and made an English county. It has Brecknockshire and Herefordshire on the north, from the latter of which it is separated by the Monow; Gloucestershire on the east, from which it is separated by the Wye; Glamorganshire on the west, and the river Rumney running between them; and on the south it is bounded by the Severn. Monochord Severn sea, into which these rivers, and also the Uk, discharge themselves. It is about 29 miles in length, and 20 in breadth. The country is in some parts woody, and in others hilly; yet the air is nowhere bad, nor the soil barren; for the hills feed large flocks of black cattle, sheep and goats, and the valleys produce plenty of corn. It is also well watered; and so plentifully supplied with coal, that the poorest cottager can afford to keep a good fire all the winter. The county sends three members to parliament. The principal manufacture is flannel.