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pofed, contains about 500 acres ; Caldecott about 

 800 acres J thefe are the two principal commons. 

 There are fever al other commons, fome of them ex- 

 tenfive trafts, lying near to the town of Monmouth, 

 in the way to Chepftow, that might be converted 

 into fine arable and pafture land, if inclofed; and alfo 

 upon the hills there is much wafle land, to the 

 amount of inany thoiifand acres, that fome parts of, 

 at lead, might be brought into a flate of cultivation, 

 and become much more beneficial, being at prefent 

 in a flate of nature. 



Survey of Flintshire, p. 2. 



BY MR. GEORGE KAY. 



Although fmall portions of the wajle lands have 

 lately been divided and inclofed, yet there are 7nany 

 thoufand acres Jiill left in their original Jlate^ which 

 are very capable of being converted into arable and 

 pafture lands. And, although all the wafte lands or 

 commons in North- Wales are denominated moun- 

 tains, yet many of them are as level as a bowling- 

 green; and in this county they are, in general, not 

 more hilly than the arable lands, nor is the foil in- 

 ferior in quality, where it is as well cultivated. In 

 Flintfliire, the commons are depailured by flieep, 

 black cattle, horfes, and affes, belonging to the 

 neighbouring tenants, from which no poffible advan- 

 tage 



