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thofe parts of the meadow where the produce wae 

 of a middle quantity, between the two extremes. 

 We then went to work, and on ftriking into the mofl 

 fertile fpot, found, at the depth of between three 

 and four inches, a bed of loofe flints, unmixed 

 with foil, and into which no roots penetrated. 



A like bed of flints was found about a foot below 

 the furface, where the produft was of a middle 

 quantity; and in the raoft barren part, we dug to a 

 confiderable depth, and could find no flints at all. 



The foil was alike in each place, a light hazle 

 loam,flmilarto that of the adjoining meadows. I was 

 informed that the feveral fpots I examined, had equal 

 benefit of the water, in which there feems to be no- 

 thing peculiar, or different from other fmall fl:reams, 

 which run through villages between the Wiltfliire 

 hills. , 



It was my intention to communicate this difcovery 

 to the Society, with fuch obfervations as occurred 

 to me, together with a particular account of the 

 herbage, long ago. The proper feafon for exami- 

 ning the herbage is whilft it is in bloom; this is of 

 fliort duration. Some engagements at thofe feafons, 

 and a long excurfion on the Continent, have inter- 

 vened and prevented. 



I have remarked that the meadow is much addifted 

 to the growth of comfrey, (fyniphitum officinale J 

 and alfo to that of the creeping crowfoot, (ranun- 

 culus repciis.') I fliw a meadow-foxtail {alopecurus 



fratenfis) 



