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county of which they are a part, but be highly pro- 

 duftive to the empire at large. By a very little cal- 

 culation it can be proved, that this tra£l of land, 

 under a well-arranged fyflem, might rear up an ad- 

 ditional 200,000 fliecp to the general flock of the 

 county, befides other cattle in abundance; might 

 produce feveral thoufand quarters of corn, and alfo 

 be the means of finding employment for feveral 

 hundreds of families. The foil is at firfl; a difcou- 

 raging fight, it is almofl all of it of a fimilar nature — 

 a poor black vegetable fand, on a clay marie bottom. 

 Under this fand (lone, and over the whole traft, 

 iron works formerly exifted. Upon St. Leonard's, 

 within 35 years, above 2o,oool. worth of timber 

 has been cut — in the year 17 13, 30,000 trees w^ere 

 upon this part. If this foil were properly treated 

 by purfuing a judicious and well-regulated fyftem, 

 fomething like the following arrangement might be 

 adopted : — 



In the firfl; place, if the foreft be broken up for 

 the firfl: time, the furze, ling, broom, heath, with all 

 other rubbifli whatfoever, covering the furface, 

 fhould be burnt as it fliands, and then pared and burnt 

 from two to four inches in depth; and rye fown the 

 fam.e year, or, if the work be done fufficiently early 

 in the year, a crop of turnips may firfl: be obtained. 

 On this poor fandy foil, care fliould be taken that 

 the turnips be fown in good time, or they will not 

 arrive to any fize; if therefore the turnips be not in 



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