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proaching Cook's-town, however, the foil mends con- 

 fiderably, and the magnitude of the mountains dimi- 

 nifhes. The lands every where about Cook's-town are 

 of a good quality, and produce abundant crops ; the 

 town-parks, with the approaches to them from the 

 main ftreet, are well imagined, and very judicioufly 

 laid out. 



To enter into a minute detail of the great variety of 

 foils in this county, would require a large volume; 

 and, after all, perhaps, fufficient juftice might not be 

 done in point of accuracy, fmce it is well known, that 

 there are many parifhes in the county, fully defcriptive 

 of all I have here endeavoured to explain, and which, 

 I candidly confefs, is far from the degree of juftice the 

 fubjeft deferves. 



SECT. 5. Mines and Minerals. 



IF, under the head Mines and Minerals, we include 

 lime, and other fpecies of ftone, we ftiall find this 

 county very rich in many ; but as lime and freeflone 

 are of the moft general ufe, I (hall confine my obfer- 

 vations to them. But, before I prqceed any further, I 

 beg leave to remark, that, in making furveys of coun- 

 ties, or of large diftricTrs, the fituations of limeftone 

 , quarries fliould be marked upon the map of the furvey. 



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