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this province turf was not common fo early as 

 1670, fo that the citizens of Falkenbergh and 

 Labobn petitioned for the free importation of 

 it, but were refufed. In 1672, the town of 

 Laholm obtained, that the turf dug in that 

 diftricT: (hould pay no duty. At prefent the turf 

 is managed in Holland in a different manner 

 from what it was before : which method the 

 peafants of Flare learnt only 30 years fmce 

 from the inhabitants of Salkenbcrgb and Ward" 

 bergh ; it is thus done. As foon as the farmer 

 has fown the fummer corn, he goes to the turf- 

 moor : the firfl comer takes the beft place : 

 feveral parifhes divide a moor amongfl them- 

 felves. They at firft take off the green fods, 

 as far as the roots of heath and grafs reach : 

 they then pour water upon the turf mould, 

 and dig it out by little and little, till they 

 reach a fandy foil. In the middle of the moor 

 they may dig a fathom deep, but not fo deep 

 on the fides. The hole is made floping on two 

 fides, fo that they may drive into it with a 

 horfe and cart. The mud is then carried out 

 of the hole upon the field, there fpread with 

 the fpade to the thicknefs of three or four 

 inches, and cut crofs-ways, fo that it may be 

 broken into quadrangular pieces. But thofe 

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