$16 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 Ss a very great thing, and which enables 

 them to manure their lands very highly ; 

 for without keeping great flocks of cattle, 

 it would not be poffible they mould fpread 

 near fo much on their fields as they com^ 

 monly do, for their numerous crops, be- 

 fides vines, if it was not for the number of 

 cattle they keep. 



The 6th, we fet out together for Acqs, 

 the distance twenty miles, arriving there in 

 the afternoon. As we rode along, M. 

 Reaumur was very obliging in explaining 

 to me every thing about which I made en* 

 quiries. There are many vineyards, mul- 

 berry-grounds-, and olive-gardens ; and in, 

 the corn fields they cultivate much maiz. 

 A farmer, we met in the way, explained the 

 advantage of their management very fen- 

 fibly, and M. Reaumer took it down, cor- 

 reeling- rt from his own knowledge, and 

 giving me the refult. The lands were the 

 property of the farmer, and his account of 

 bis method was as follows : 



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