a small town of Cheshire, long celebrated for its rock salt and brine pits. The stratum of salt lies about 40 yards deep; and some of the pits are hollowed into the form of a temple. The descent is through a dome, the roof supported by rows of pillars about two yards thick, and several in height; and when illuminated with a sufficient number of candles, they make a most magnificent appearance. Above the salt is a bed of whitish clay (Argilla cerula-cinerea), used in making the Liverpool earthen ware; and in the same place is also dug a good deal of the gypsum, or plaster stone. The fossil salt is generally yellow, and semipellucid, sometimes defaced with a dull greenish earth; and is often found, but in small quantities, quite clear and colourless. The town is situated near the river Dane, and is tolerably handsome: it has a market on Fridays. It is 20 miles north-east of Chester, and 173 north-west of London. W. Long. 2° 36'. N. Lat. 53° 16'.