FRANCE. 3:9. 



mud be an qbjedl extremely deferving the 

 attention of the curious in agriculture an.d 

 natural hiftory. 



Finding they made fo good a profit by 

 lucern, I alked this farmer why they did 

 not fpread the culture of it, and fow it by 

 agreement in fbme part of the common, 

 fields. He replied, he fhould be glad to do 

 it j but; never propofed it, as he was certain 

 the fcheme would be rejected among fo 

 many as rnufl agree to it. Upon my afking 

 him, if he mould not be glad to have more 

 inclofure,hefaid, "Aye,fure, Sir." "What 

 " would you then do," returned I. " I 

 " would fow more lucern," replied he, 

 " and fow clover, as they do in Flanders." 

 He had ferved there in the years 1745 and 

 1746, and, when he returned, would, he 

 faid, have introduced feveral methods he 

 faw there, but none of his neighbours would 

 allow it. Upon my queftioning him con- 

 cerning the profit of farming in this coun- 

 try, he faid, that a man, who had, in 

 flock, money, &c. ioool. would be able 

 to feed and fupport a family, and lay up 

 about i ol. a year. On my obferving, that 

 this fcemtd to be very little, he replied, 

 D 4 that 



