a town of Huntingdonshire, 68 miles north of London, and 12 north-east of Huntingdon. It is situated as it were in an island, being everywhere encompassed with fens, except on the west, where it is separated from the terra firma by a causeway for two miles. The neighbouring meers of Ramsey and Whittlesey, which are formed by the river Nyne, abound with fish, especially eel and large pikes. It was once famous for a very rich abbey, part of the gatehouse of which is still standing, and a neglected statue of Ailwin; the epitaph on whole tomb, which is reckoned one of the oldest pieces of English sculpture extant, styles him "kinsman of the famous King Edward, alderman of all England, and miraculous founder of this abbey." It was dedicated to St Dunstan, and its abbot was mitred and fat in parliament; and so many kings of England were benefactors to it, that its yearly rents, says Camden, were 700l. The town was then called Ramsey the Rich; but by the dissolution of the abbey it soon became poor; and even lost its market for many years, till about 183 years ago it recovered it. It is held on Saturday, and is reckoned one of the most plentiful and cheapest in England. In the year 1721 a great number of Roman coins was found here, supposed to have been hid by the monks on some incursion of the Danes. There is a charity school in the town for poor girls. W. Long. o. 19. N. Lat. 52. 26.

island of South Wales, on the coast of Pembrokehire, about two miles in length, and a mile and a half broad. Near it are several small ones, known by the name of the bishop and his clerks. It is four miles west of St David's, and 17 north-east of Milford haven. It belongs to the bishopric of St David's, and was in the last age, says Camden, famous for the death of one Justinian, a most holy man, who retiring hither from Britanny, in that age rich in saints, and devoting himself entirely to God, lived a long while in solitude, and being at last murdered by his servant was enrolled among the martyrs. W. Long. 5. 20. N. Lat. 51. 55.