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are the flieep-downs fl'iirting the county next Cam- 

 bridgefliire ; and other fimilar Iheep-downs produ- 

 cing fweet paflure on a very thin flaple. Thefe flieep- 

 downs, if not over-ftocked, are valuable in their pre- 

 fcnt ftate, as they afford paflure for ftieep in the 

 fpring and fummer, and the iheep are folded every 

 night on the light fallows adjoining, and manure 

 them. It is the opinion of wool-flaplers, that the 

 vool of fliecp fo fed is longer in the flaple, and finer 

 in the thread, than thofe fed in inclofures and 

 better land. 



The common near Margetflreet contains about 

 600 acres, part of which is ftid to be in Bedford- 

 fhirej this is in general good land, and worth from 

 1 23. to 15s. per acre, per annum; the other com- 

 mons and wafles, time would not permit me to exa- 

 mine with that attention which would warrant me 

 to give a decided opinion of their value ; they are 

 moflly poor, gravelly, or chalky foils. Afhwell cow- 

 common contains about 150 acres of good land. - 

 To afcertain the advantage arifmg to the publick 

 from the inclofure of common-fields, commons, and 

 wafle lands in general, the prevailing arguments 

 againfl inclofmg muft be ferioufly confidered ; and 

 if it fhall appear that any defcription of perfons have 

 been injured by inclofures hitherto made, that injury 

 may be avoided in future inclofures, and firfl:. 



The injury faid to be fuflained by the poor. 



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