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ation : of courfe, the firfl: (lep to iraproveraetit is a 

 divifion, and for every proprietor to know his owu 

 part. If this cannot be done, the only means of 

 improvement then left is to convert them from un- 

 limited commons to flinted paflures. 



The prefent value per acre, of tliefe mountainous 

 dlftrifts, may be nearly eftimated from the follow- 

 ing data: 



Mr. Green HOW, of Thielkeld, takes pallurage 

 for his flieep on Skiddaw foreil for a year, at five 

 fliillings per fcorc, which is three-pence per flieep ; 

 and fuppofmg an acre keeps two fhecp, then will 

 fix-pence an acre be the yearly value of thefe moun- 

 tains. They can fcarce be in a lefs productive (late; 

 an acre of wood, if it only grew broom-flicks, woukl 

 pay much better. 



In the lefs elevated parts of the county, there are 

 many commons, with large trafts of excellent foil, 

 capable of being improved by judicious culture, pro- 

 per draining, and improved breeds of flieep, to many 

 times their prefent value ; which is certainly very 

 fmall, probably not more than from one to two fliil- 

 lings per acre. In a county like this, that does not 

 raife corn fufHcient for the confumption of its in- 

 habitants, and where it is always one-fourth or one- 

 fifth dearer than in an adjoining county, it is la- 

 mentable to fee fuch extcnfive trails of good corn land 

 lying wafl:e, of no value to its owners, or benefit 



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