( 68 ) 



his u Rural Economy of Norfolk," who 

 obferves, p. 84. and again p. 86. 



" Minute 49. January i c^ How ftrong and 



" lading is the current of cuftom ! The Nor- 



" folk farmers, while corn fold high, were 



' affiduous to cultivate every inch the plough 



" could reach : Old marl-pits were levelled, 



6 nooks and corners grubbed and broken up, 



1 and even bogs were converted into arable 



; land. Grafs land, of courfe, became 



" wholly out of faihion, and totally negledt- 



c ed. And now, when corn is low, the fame 



1 practice flill prevails. Scraps of arable 



5 land are ftill purchafed at more labour 



1 than they are fometimes worth ; while the 



" meadows are fuffered to remain a difgrace 



" to the country, notwithftanding they would 



" pay trebly for improvement." 



P. 86. " Minute 51. January 13. What a 



" difgrace, and what a field for improvement 



" are the meadows of this county ! The 



" farmers here hire marfhes and grazing 



rounds at the diftance of twenty or thir- 



" ty miles, and give high prices; when, at 



< c the fame time, many farmers might, with 



common lhare of attention and manage- 



" ment 



