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ready brought a quantity of ftones hither, 

 and intend building a new church very foon. 

 The botanical observations which I made 

 during thefe days, I (hall referve for ano- 

 ther publication. 



THOUGH there had been no rain for fome 

 days paft, yet the moifture in the air was fb 

 great, that as I fpread fome papers on the 

 ground this afternoon, in a fliady place, in- 

 tending to put the feeds I colledted into 

 them, they were fo wet in a few minutes 

 time, as to be rendered quite ufelefs. The 

 whole fky was very clear and bright, and 

 the heat as intolerable as in the middle of 

 July. 



ONE half of. the corn-fields are left fal- 

 low alternately. , The fallow grounds are 

 never ploughed in fummer; fo the cattle 

 can feed upon the weeds that grow on them. 

 All the corn made uie of here is fummer 

 corn, as, I have before obferved. Some 

 plough the fallow grounds late in autumn j 

 others defer/ that bufinefs till fpring ; but 

 the firft way is. fcid. to give a much better 

 crop, Wheat, barjey, rye, and oats are har- 

 rowqd, but peafe arq ploughed underground, 

 Thqy fow commonly about the I5th of A-^ 

 fril, a#d feegirt. \yith the peajfe. Among 

 the many kinds . of peafe. which are to be 

 got h, e re> they prefer the green ones to all 

 ,VoL,III. T others 



