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proper method of improving them has not yet been 

 difcovered, I will not deny. But the objeftions flated 

 againfl; the improvement of wafle lands in Montgo- 

 meryfhire were, that they were bleak, and in many 

 places abounded with mofs and heath. Their bleak- 

 nefs may be eafily accounted for, from the total want 

 of plantations and fences; and as to the mofly lands, 

 I have only to appeal to the improvements made by 

 Edward Corbet, efq; in the adjoining county of 

 Merioneth, to whom the gentlemen in this county 

 ought to be very much obliged for his exertions, 

 would they but profit by them. When he firfl began 

 to improve his mofly or turbary lands, his neighbours 

 looked upon him as a madman, and treated his fcheme 

 with the utmofl: ridicule; notwithftanding which he 

 now draws fifty per cent, per annum for the money 

 laid out, which is the fame as buying an eflate at two 

 years purchafe. Many other inflances might be 

 given, were it neceflary, where mofs has been highly 

 improved; and as rivers and rivulets abound in this 

 county, the flooding of the mofly lands might be 

 pra£lifed after being properly drained; which would 

 be attended with great fuccefs. 



It is a hSi well afcertained, that the watering of 

 heathy ground foon deftroys the heath, and that 

 abundance of fweet healthy grafs is produced. There 

 are many places in Scotland, where the land is now 

 inclofed and cultivated, that formerly prefented a 

 more barren appearance than a great part of the 



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