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before a right to commonage, would not be able to 

 keep fo great a number of Iheep as ufual. But to 

 this we anfwer, — That whatever may be the cafe in 

 other counties, yet in this we are fpeaking of, the 

 quite oppofite effefts would mofl; probably follow j 

 and for this obvious reafon, the foil of thefe wafteSj 

 as well as common fields, is ftrong, and holds the 

 wet, fo that cattle are little better than ftarved ; and 

 the lofs annually fuftained by the rot in the fheep, 

 occafioned by the wetnefs of thefe commons, is very 

 great, and the wool of a very inferior quality; 

 whereas the inclofmg the waftes and the common 

 fields would be the means of draining them all, and 

 would make them wholfome and dry; and even 

 without taking any of the waftes info confideration 

 at all, more fheep and more cattle would be kept in 

 the common fields alone, when inclofed, than are 

 now to be met with in the whole diilriiSt! Many 

 more arguments might be brought forward to fup- 

 port the expediency of inclofuresj but we ihall con- 

 tent ourfelves with one more, and leave the Board 

 to judge whether it be forcible or not. - 



If it be true that the population of this kingdom 

 is incrcafed to a very great degree, and that the fup- 

 ply of corn of every denomination, as well as live 

 (lock of all fcrts, be in no rcfpeft equal to its con- 

 fumption, it muft be an ol)je^ of the firft importance 

 to difcover l-y what means the fupply can bed be 

 increafed, fo as to anfwer all the purpofes of internal 



prefervation ; 



