often very dear, and fcarce, every houfe 

 would require a large garden from two to five 

 acres, that would not only maintain a family 

 in greens and roots, but alfo maintain a cow, 

 to be wholly laboured with the fpade. Vide 

 National Improvements, page 270. Having 

 the one half or two thirds of the garden in 

 grafs, to be broke up by rotation. The re- 

 mainder could very eafily be laboured with 

 the fpade, at thofe feafons they cannot go to 

 fea ; as the quantity of ground to be manur- 

 ed every year would be but fmall, it could 

 be done extraordinarily well ; having the re- 

 f ufe of the fifli and fait, fea {hells, and weeds, 

 or ware, with other dung made about the 

 houfe or byre. Each houfe having a large 

 garden annexed to it, would encourage ftran*- 

 gers to come and fettle there. 



Laftly, The form of the village ought to 

 be as near a fquare as the fituation of the 

 ground will admit, and fo planned out, if 

 any additions are wanted, in order ta enlarge 

 it; ilill the form, when fi-niflied to be a 

 fquare. This can be very eafily done, by 

 making whatever additions are wanted of an 

 equal breadth in each fide of the fquare. 



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