$o TRAVELS THROUGH 



fuperiority of the crops of hay gained in 

 lands they watered. Much they reckoned 

 to depend on the quality of the water that 

 comes out of the land ; that of a white colour 

 is not fo good as what is dark, and thick 

 muddy water much better than that which is 

 clear; what defcends from cultivated better 

 than from uncultivated lands ; and the befl 

 of all from towns, villages, and farms, all 

 which is reafonable enough. An acre of 

 thefe meadows will let for 2os. which is a 

 vaft rent for this part of the world. 



I reached Milliaud that night, the di- 

 ftance about twenty-feven miles, through a 

 country pretty well cultivated. The corn 

 lands are generally open, and in the fmall 

 culture ; the works of hu&andry are per- 

 formed with fmall oxen, or mules and afles : 

 wheat is fown upon fallow, and yields 

 about two quarters an acre ; then they fow 

 millet, which produces a quarter, or a quar- 

 ter and a half, and then barley, or buck- 

 wheat; the former yields three quarters, 

 the latter four. The metayers are gene- 

 rally poor and miferable, making fcarce any 

 thing more than fufficient to pay their own 

 labour; but the farms are fo fmall, that 



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