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ftate unburnt as a manure for grafs and corn land 

 of every kind; it is fuppofed one bufhel will go as 

 far as ten bufhels of lime. The prifoners in the 

 gaol of Philadelphia have lately been fet to work to 

 grind it, in fmall mills, with a pair of ftones the 

 fame as for grinding wheat, but of a fize to be 

 worked by two or four men j a double advantage 

 has arifen to the ftate from this, by putting to hard 

 work fuch men as were deferving of it, and by ren- 

 dering the article cheaper to the farmers, thereby 

 encouraging them to manure their lands. This 

 hint may be of ufe to the community here. 



I am, your refpedlful friend, 



THOMAS CLIFFORD. 

 Brtftol^ Dec. 13, 1791. 



Article XXXVL 

 Ohjervations in a 'Tour into Suffolk and Surry » 



TO THE SECRETARY. 

 SIR, 



ACCORDING to my promife I fend you a 

 fketch of my tours into Suffolk and Surrey. 

 In doing which, I fhall be the fhorter, as the Annals 

 of Agriculture contain much of the good and un- 

 common hu/bandry in thofe counties. 



The 



