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received were fuch as I could not well com- 

 prehend. The fame evening I arrived at 

 Moire, in Auvergne, pafling through a va- 

 rious tradt of country, part corn, part wine, 

 and part meadow. The principal part of it 

 is in the fmall culture : they fallow and 

 fow wheat, then they take oats, and then 

 buck-wheat. Wheat does not yield more 

 than two quarters an acre, oats about three, 

 and buck-wheat three and an half. Their 

 wines are not in the higheft eftimation -, yet 

 in many vineyards they make a nett profit 

 of 3!. or 4!. an acre. I faw many planta- 

 tions of mulberry- trees. The meadows are 

 inclofed with desp ditches, and are very 

 completely prepared, with fluices, flops, 

 banks, and channels for watering. Thofe 

 where the water is entirely at command, 

 are mown three times a year, and at each 

 mowing they get a load of hay an acre : 

 thofe which are let on leafe bring the pro- 

 proprietors a rent of 305. an acre. The 

 greateft improvement of a part of this 

 country I now pafied through, is fpreading 

 the practice of watering their meadows : 

 they have many trads yet not watered; but, 

 from their eagernefs in the hufbandry, I 



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