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PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. 



Part III. 



make such alterations as may appear to me or my successors to be proper in the plan of 

 the village. These regulations are the best security against having vagabonds in such a 

 place, as none but industrious people can afford to build or rent such houses." 



S577. A new village sea-jmrt in Devonshire was formed by Sir Lavi^rence Palk, in the 

 northernmost part of Torbay. A nevsr pier, projected south-westwardly from the eastern 

 cliff, affords complete protection to shipping from the south-east winds. The regularity 

 of the buildings lately raised for the accommodation of company resorting hither for the 

 convenience of sea-bathing, adds neatness and beauty to the wild and picturesque scenery 

 of its natural situation ; and, from the size of the vessels the harbour is now capable of 

 protecting whilst they receive and discharge their cargoes, there are well-grounded ex- 

 pectations that this place will become of some maritime consequence on a future day. A 

 plan of this sea-port (fig. 452.) is given in the Devon Surveij, and is described as con- 



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taining a pier (1), quay (2), harbour (3), warehouses (4), inn and garden (5), stables (6), 

 strand (7), cove for building ships and timber yard (8), beacon (9), cove for bathing ma- 

 chines (10), new carriage way to the park (11), terrace (12), the park (13), plantation 

 (14), road to Torwood (15), road from Newton, &c. (16), meadows (17), circus in 

 the park (18j. 



Chap. VII. 

 Of Mines, Quarries, Pits, and Metalliferous Bodies. 



3578. Against mines, as a species of property, considerable prejudice has long existed 

 from the variation of their produce, and the uncertainty of their extent and duration. 

 Modern discoveries in geology, however, have thrown great light on the subject of mining, 

 and introduced into the art a degree of certainty not before contemplated. As a proof of 

 this, we may instance what used to be said as to coal and limestone : these minerals, ac- 

 cording to tradition, exist in various parts of the island, where from the strata on the sur- 

 face the modern geologist well knows it is impossible. 



3579. Among the various mineral substances found in quantity/ in Britain, the chief are 

 coal, lime, building and other stone, gravel, clay, fuller's earth, marl, &c. among the 

 earths; salt, among saline substances ; and lead, copper, and tin, among the metals. Co- 

 balt, manganese, and some other metals and earths, are found in some places, but in small 

 quantities. No saline or metalliferous bodies ought to be sought for, or attempted to be 

 worked, but with the advice and assistance of an experienced and skilful mineral surveyor : 

 nothing being more common than for proprietors to be induced by local reports or tra- 

 ditions to fancy their lands contain coal, lead, or some other valuable subterraneous pro- 



