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ArTIcLe VII. 
Extrad from a general View of ibe Agriculture 
of the County of Wirrs; with O'fervations on the 
Means of its Improvement ; drawn up for the confi- 
deration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal In- 
provement. . 
{By THomas Davis, of Longleat, Wilts, Steward to the 
Moft Hon. the Marquis of Batu. | 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY. 
HE county of Wilts is, in fhape, approaching 
to oval, having its tranfverfe or longeft dia- 
meter nearly North and South. 
It is about fifty-four miles in length, and thirty- 
four in greateft breadth, and contains about one 
thoufand three hundred and feventy-two {quare 
miles, or eight hundred and feventy-eight thou- 
fand acres. 
There is a very ftriking difference in the external 
appearance of the fouth-eaft and north-weft fides 
of this county, the former being compofed of a 
broken mafs of chalk hills, which enter the county 
from Berkthire, Hampfhire, and Dorfetfhire, and 
terminate in an irregular line of bold breaks and 
_ disjointed maffes, running from the north-eaft to 
the fouth-weft fide of the county; and the latter 
being chiefly compofed of a rich traét of vale land, 
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