344 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 fited the farm, and exprefTed a defire of 

 having other experiments made on feeding 

 thefe plants in penns, well inclofed and lit- 

 tered, with the fpontanepus growth of 

 Jieath, fern, &c. that grows on the moun- 

 tains; they were accordingly done, and the 

 refult in feeding fheep thus, gave 



1. s. d. 



The cabbages i 17 6 



The turneps i 5 o 



The potatoes 2 19 Q 



The carrots p 16 ' o 



" The peafants were exceedingly re- 

 joiced at trying this experiment j the dif- 

 ference in the above fums, when the fheep 

 were fed in penns and in the fields, was the 

 leaft part of it. They were in much better 

 -order than when fed in the field, the ex- 

 pence of the fhepherd's fetting up with the 

 fold, with guns and dogs, were faved, and 

 the flock not only fecure, but warm, and 

 in fine order : then there was the object, 

 which they found no inconfiderable one, of 

 a dung-hill, made with no other trouble 

 than that of procuring the litter, which was 



not 



