a village of Surry, in England, opposite to Old Brentford, 10 miles west from London. Here is a chapel of ease erected at the expense of several of the nobility and gentry in the neighbourhood, on a piece of ground that was given for that purpose by the late Queen Anne. Here the late Mr Molineaux, secretary, Kexholm, to the late king, when prince of Wales, had a fine seat on the Green, which became the residence of the late prince and princess of Wales, who greatly improved both the house and gardens; now occupied by his present majesty, who has greatly enlarged the gardens, and formed a junction with them and Richmond gardens. The gardens of Kew are not very large, nor is their situation by any means advantageous, as it is low and commands no prospects. Originally the ground was one continued dead flat; the soil was in general barren, and without either wood or water. With so many disadvantages it was not easy to produce anything even tolerable in gardening; but princely munificence, guided by a director equally skilled in cultivating the earth and in the politer arts, overcame all difficulties. What was once a desert is now an Eden.

In 1758, an act passed for building a bridge across the Thames to Kew Green; and a bridge was built of eleven arches; the two piers and their dependant arches on each side next the shore, built of brick and stone; the intermediate arches entirely wood; the centre arch 90 feet wide, and the road over the bridge 30.—But this bridge was taken down, and in its place a very elegant one was erected and completed about the year 1791.

Kexholm, that part of Finland which borders upon Russia. The lake Ladoga crosses it, and divides it into two parts. By the treaty between Russia and Sweden in 1721, the Swedes were obliged to abandon the best part to the Russians. The country in general is full of lakes and marshes, thinly inhabited, and badly cultivated. The lake above mentioned is 120 miles in length, and full of fish.