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fnow many days, and I have known one farnlei* 

 lofe above 500 lambs in one Ipring, and be feveral 

 years breeding a frefli flock on die fame hills, as 

 thofe brought from other hills would not (lay on his 

 fhcep-walks, and moft of his neighbours fufFered by 

 the fame caufe and had none to fpare. Thefe fheep 

 yield about one pound of wool each, which is made 

 more hairy by being expofed to rain and fnow; 



I think that fmall fheep, fhort fweet paflure, and 

 fhelter from rain and fnow, are all efTential to pro- 

 duce very fine wool ; but the fize of the animals 

 muft fuit the richnefs of land, to yield the farmer 

 profit, and that mufl ever be his firft confideration. 

 Tithe, and the indolence and infidelity of fervants, 

 will ever be a great difcouragement to gentkmen ifl 

 farming, though I believe there never were fo many 

 gendemen farmers as at this time^ and that mofl of 

 the modern improvements have been made by them. 

 Let the partial and unjufl law of tithe be abolifhed^ 

 and an equal pound-rate fubltituted; and let all 

 owners of eflates have a power to grant the terre 

 tenant a leafe for 21 or even 14 years; and let a 

 general inclofing and road bill be pafTed, without 

 facrificing the intereftof the ptiblick to the emolu- 

 ment of the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons^ 

 and his officers i and improvements in this ifland 



would 



