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and varied improvements of Rafh. The four following 

 I ftiall briefly ftate, being the moft general. 



i. Soils, that came within the power of the plough, 

 were trenched by the Kentifh wheel-plough, drawn 

 by fix bullocks in the yoke fafhion. This kind of pre- 

 paration anfwered completely fo far ; but there was 

 another object in view, namely, as the ploughing was 

 performed deep, a vaft number of ftones were dif- 

 covered and procured, which otherwife would have 

 been for ever loft; by this management they ferved to 

 build a great part of the Louth fence, already fpoken 

 of. 



There were about fifty acres of this defcription pre- 

 pared for planting. The operation, it is true, was te- 

 dious ; I dare fay not more than a rood of ground 

 daily was ploughed. The plough was attended by fix 

 or eight able labourers, befides the ploughman and 

 driver. The men were provided with long oaken 

 poles, (hod with iron, which ferved as levers to turn 

 out the rocks, which the plough difcovered. Crow- 

 irons were ufed for raffing -the fmaller IVones. All 

 ftones, that appeared above the furface, were pre- 

 vioufly taken up, and carried away before the plough- 

 ing commenced. 



Upon the whole, this was found a cheap mode of 

 procuring ftones, as the parts where they were ufed 

 lay very convenient. Had the diftance exceeded a 



mile, 



