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which, being unlnclofed, may be confidered as very 

 little better than the wade land before-mentioned; 

 as it is felf-evident, that cultivated land will produce 

 more than that which is totally uncultivated, and 

 left for nature to purfue her own courfe; and with 

 this difadvantage, that every one is endeavouring to 

 cxhaufl it of every valuable produftion, without pay- 

 ing the lead attention to its fupport and improve- 

 ment. The very ftaple itfelf does not even efcape 

 its ungenerous neighbour. All this would be eafily 

 remedied by a general inclosure bill, which 

 w^ould reduce the expence of inclofures, and would 

 be a fpur to tha't improvement. Perhaps it may be 

 faid, that inclofing commons would decreafe the number 

 ofjheep, and thereby injure the produce of wool; but 

 this objeaion will not hold good, when it is confi- 

 dered, that every acre of land that is cultivated will 

 produce double the number of flieep or other cattle 

 to that which is not cultivated; and we apprehend 

 tliere are few f^u-mers, who are not already con- 

 vinced that the greater the number of iheep they 

 can conveniently keep, the more advantageous it is 

 to themfclves; and of courfe, if there be a greater 

 quantity of land cultivated, the greater will be the 

 ftock of flieep, and other cattle. 



The following are the principal wafte lands in the 

 county of Hams, exclufive of the forefts, which arc 

 particularly defcribed in this report. 



