242 The Natural History of Se I borne 



mislead ; since we must not expect plenty till Providence sends 

 us more favourable seasons. 



The wheat of last year, all round this district, and in the 

 county of Rutland, and elsewhere, yields remarkably bad; 

 and our wheat on the ground, by the continual late sudden 

 vicissitudes from fierce frost to pouring rains, looks poorly; 

 and the turnips rot very fast. 



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