PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. S7 



ty of Norfolk in particular, from a ftate 

 of poverty to that of plenty and great 

 affluence. 



That the import of the following ob- 

 fervations may have the defired efFecl. it 

 will be neceffary to give a fhort account 

 of the nature of the foils where the prac- 

 tice is followed. 



It was in Lincolnfliire where it firft 

 drew my attention, and induced me to 

 meafure how deep ihey went with the 

 plough ; which I found, after many ac- 

 curate trials, fcldom exceeded two and 

 a half, and never, that I remember, three 

 inches. 



The high lands of this county confift 

 commonly of alight fandy foil, that feem.s 

 to be formed by the air and rains break- 

 ing and crumbling down a bailard lime- 

 flone, that lies in moft places only a few 

 inches under the grafs, dipping and ri- 

 fing according to the depreihons or eleva- 

 tions of the county, but in general hanp-- 

 ing to the eafh, Little or no water re- 

 mains here en the furface; for the flonc 

 being cpen, it fniks ?s it falls irom the 

 ^^^^^^^oL.m. H ' heavens. 



