202 View of the Agriculture of Torhfljire. Aprif 



connedcd with the interefls of this Ritling, either by in- 

 habitancy or property, to pcrufe the work with that atten- 

 tion which the importance of it demands, and which all 

 are perfuadcd will not be found defccftivc of thofc circum- 

 llances of amufement and inftruclion, which conftitute 

 the pleafurc and advantage of reading in general. 



"VVe are informed by the editor, that this is rather to be 

 confidered as a revifcd furvey, or fecond edition of the 

 work, containing^ with additional matter of his own, fuch 

 farther remarks as he deemed proper for felection, from 

 the correfpondence and notes written by various individu- 

 als on the broad margin of tlie firft quarto edition, a num- 

 ber of copies of which were prevLoufly circulated among 

 the cultivators of the diftricl for that purpofe, in purfu- 

 ance of the general plan of the Board of Agriculture. 

 This was perhaps juftly concluded by that Board, the beft 

 means of obtaining real and authentic information on the 

 rmal oeconomy of every part of the ifland. We are fur- 

 ther informed, that the editor has ventured to proceed, in 

 the execution of his part of the plan, on principles differ- 

 ent at leaft from that recommended by that veteran Co- 

 loflus of agricultural fcience, the celebrated Arthur Young j 

 yet the defence of his conduct, in that refpe£l, is perfeft- 

 }y fatisfa£l:ory. 



A ufeful table of contents is prefixed, containing, in 

 fa6t, a brief analyfis of the work, which is divided into 

 eighteen chapters, with fe£l:ions ; and a valuable appen- 

 dix, of fome length, concludes the whole. In chapters 

 I ft and 2d, are given the geographical ftate and circum- 

 ftances, tenures, &c. in a compendious way. The fur- 

 face of the Riding contains 2450 fquare miles, or 

 1,568,000 ftatute acres ; and is divided into 9 wapen- 

 takes, 175 pariflics, containing 28 market towns, with a 

 ^eat number of populous villages. Chap. 3. prefents 

 important practical matter to the agriculturift. The in- 

 convenient fituation of farm-houfes, crowded together in 

 villages, is very properly the fubje^ of animadverfion ; 

 an inconvenience refulting from the feudal fyftem, and 

 riveted by long habits, which could not now be broken 

 through without fome difficulty. A fumptuous pile 

 of farm-buildings, executed in a fuperior ftyle of con- 

 venience, by Lord Hawke, at Towton, are here noticed ; 

 but we cannot fuppofe that fuch coftly patterns can 

 meet many imitators, though fome parts of this may 



be 



