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depaftured by the cattle and flieep belonging to the 

 adjacent tenants ; it is needlcfs again to oLferve, that 

 they are invariably over-ftocked and uninclofcd. To 

 particularize all the improvements that might be 

 made on wafte lands in Denbighfliire, would be folly 

 in me to attempt, as the climate and qu.tlity of the 

 foil mufl: be confulted, which it was impolTible for me 

 to do in an excuvfion of this kind. But from the 

 befl authorities, and my own obfervations, I can aver, 

 that if a divifion of them were to take place, a great 

 part might be converted into arable land ; and, where 

 water can be applied, (which might be done in many 

 inflances) into rich meadows. Draining, inclofmg, 

 and planting, ought never to be neglefted. The 

 mod fterile parts might alfo be improved; but to at- 

 tempt that, whilft there were an acre of better land 

 to cultivate, would be the higheft imprudence, not 

 to call it worfe. No advantages accrue from the 

 prefent mode of commonage; on the contrary, the 

 balance is very commonly on the wrong fide of the 

 ledger. * 



Survey of Hertfordshire, p. 50. 



There are feveral fmall commons and wades from 

 20 to 50 acres, and fome confiderably larger; the 

 whole may contain 4500 acres; great part of thefe 



are 



