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The firft, are thofe lands which lie at or near 

 the fpring-head. The foil of this divifion is ge- 

 nerally a light loam, tolerably firm though wet, 

 and not more than from fix inches to a foot deep; 

 the under-ftratum a fpringy gravel. This clafs (as 

 I faid before) extends often much farther down the 

 Ilream in fome vales than others. 



The fecond divifion I begin to diftinguifh where 

 the foil gets deeper and heavier, often inclining 

 to a clay or clayey loam, with fome gravel in it. 

 (This fpecies is very cold, a!id the graffcs fpring 

 late.) Under this clafs may be reckoned a black, 

 fpungy, loofe, corky foil; the ftrcam here (which 

 before was fmall) becomes larger confiderably, and 

 the lands on each fide, which before were narrow, 

 now fpread to a confiderable breadth. Under this 

 divifion the larger quantity of water-meadow in 

 this country falls. 



The third divifion is compofed of thofe lands 

 which lie flat, the foil very deep and loofe, often 

 a morafs, the bed of the river a bottomlefs ooze; a 

 wear cannot well be ereded acrofs it, nor the water 

 drained off; little ufe is therefore ever made of it. 



Upon lands of the firft divifion, the water, 

 though moftly perfe&ly clear, iffuing immedi- 

 ately 



