SUSSEX, a county of England, deriving its name from its situation in respect of the other Saxons, and called *Suffex*, i.e. the country of the South Saxons, has Hampshire on the west, the British channel on the south, Surry on the north, and Kent on the east. Its length is 65 miles, its breadth 30, and its circumference 170. It is divided into 6 rapes, and these into 65 hundreds, in which are 342 parishes, of which 123 are vicarages, one city, 16 market-towns, 1,140,000 acres, and about 120,000 souls. It has few good ports, though it lies along the channel for 65 miles, which is its greatest length, the coast being encumbered in many places with rocks; and where it is more open, such quantities of sand are thrown upon it by the south-west winds, and the harbours so choked up, that they will not admit vessels of any great draught or burden. The county is well watered by the rivers Arun, Adur, Ouse, Rother, Lavant, Cuckmere, Ashburn, and Asten, by which it is well supplied with fish, as well as from the sea. Hence different places of the county are famed for different sorts of fish, as the Arun for mullets, which enter it from the sea in summer in shoals, and by feeding upon a particular kind of herb become extremely delicious: Chichester for lobsters, Selby for cockles, Amberley for trout, Pulborough for eels, Rye for herrings, and the county in Suffolk, general for carp. It is remarkable, that all the rivers above-mentioned rise and fall into the sea within the county.

The air, as well as the soil, is various in different parts of the county. Upon the coast the air is aquilin, upon the hills and downs pleasant and wholesome; but somewhat moist and foggy in the valleys, the soil being deep and rich, and the vegetation in summer very vigorous. The downs in some places are very fertile in corn and grass; in others they feed great flocks of sheep, whose flesh and wool are very fine; but of the latter no inconsiderable quantity is clandestinely exported to France. In the Weald and the valleys the roads are very deep, especially in winter. In the north quarter are many woods, and some forests in other places; whence the king's yards are supplied with the largest and best timber in England, beside what is made into charcoal and consumed in the iron-works; for on the east side is plenty of iron ore, with furnaces, forges, and mills for manufacturing it. The gunpowder of this county is said to excel that of any other. Those delicious birds called wheatears are bred in this shire; they are no bigger than a lark, but almost an entire lump of fat. That part now called the Wild or Weald of Sussex, was anciently a mere desert for hogs and deer, of great extent, taking in a part of Kent and Surrey; and was called Anderida Silva, Cold Andred, and Andredwald, from Anderida an adjoining city. This county is in the home-circuit and diocese of Chichester, giving title of earl to the family of Yelverton, and sends 28 members to parliament, viz., two for the county, two for the city of Chichester, and two for each of the following towns, Horsham, Lewes, Bramber, East Grinstead, Midhurst, Shoreham, Staining, Arundel, Hastings, Rye, Winchelsea, and Seaford; of which the four last are cinqueports.

Sutherland, one of the most northerly counties of Scotland. Including Strathnaver, it borders on Caithness to the north and north-east, is bounded by the ocean on the north, the country of Affynt on the west, Ross on the south, and by the German sea on the east and south-east. It stretches about 70 miles in length, and 40 in breadth; is generally hilly, tho' in many parts arable; well watered with small rivers and streams replete with fish, and exhibiting about 60 lakes, the habitation of various fish, swans, ducks, geese, &c. One of the largest of these is Lochlin, extending 18 miles in length. Some of them are interspersed with small verdant islands, which in summer yield a very agreeable prospect. On the coast are many commodious harbours, and all the bays swarm with fish; nay, the sea in this place produces some valuable pearls. Sutherland affords iron-stone, freestone, lime-stone, and slate, in abundance. Here are also quarries of marble, and mines of coal, though the people use turf and peat for fuel. Lead ore, impregnated with silver, and even some gold, hath been found in this province, together with crystals and pebbles.

The air is so temperate, and the soil so good, that saffron has here been brought to perfection. Many parts of the country are remarkably fruitful in corn, and the pasturage is excellent everywhere. Besides three great forests, there are many smaller woods in Sutherland, abounding with deer and other game. On the hills are fed numerous flocks of sheep and black cattle; small, yet sweet and juicy. There is one bird peculiar to this shire, called knag, which resembles a parrot, and digs its nest with its beak in the trunks of oaks. The northern part, called Strathnaver, and separated from the rest by a ridge of mountains, is bounded on the north by the Deucalonian sea, on the west by the channel called the Minch, on the east by Caithness, and on the south by Affynt. The length of it, from east to west, amounts to 34 miles; but the breadth from north to south does not exceed 12 in some places. It is very hilly; and the mountains are so high, that the snow remains on the tops of them till midsummer. It is watered by Navern, from whence it derives its name; as this district gives a title to the eldest son of the earl of Sutherland. Here are several woods, frequented by deer and other game, which the people take great delight in hunting. Iron-mines have been worked in some places, but to no great advantage. Strathnaver has many fresh water lakes or lochs; the chief of which are Loch Navern and Loch Lyel; there are several islands on the northern coast; and in various parts of the country we see monuments of victories obtained over the Danes or other foreign invaders. Sutherland boasts of some towns, and a great many villages. The people are numerous, hardy, bold, and enterprising; courteous to strangers; cheerful, open, frugal, and industrious. They, as well as their neighbours of Caithness, speak the language, and wear the garb, used in the Lowlands of Scotland. They carry on a considerable salmon-fishery. They drive a traffic with their black cattle, sheep, and horses, at the neighbouring fairs; but export their corn, barley, salt, coal, salmon, salted beef, butter, cheese, wool-skins, hides, and tallow. Here are provisions of all sorts in plenty; and so cheap through all this country, that a gentleman may keep house and live much more sumptuously for 200l. a-year than he can live for three times the money in the south of England.