TRAVELS THROUGH 

 of lucern pays him about 155. nett money, 

 in dung alone, and, dung and cattle in^ 

 eluded, about 5!. grofs produce, which i$ 

 a very confiderable produce. They do not 

 think any thing wants dung but vineyards 

 here. 



The 1 2th, I reached Cordona, through 

 a well cultivated country, which abounds 

 remarkably in all productions that could fill 

 the pockets of the hufbandmen ; and all the 

 ranks of the people feern far happier, and 

 more at their eafe, than in France. I 

 wanted to be informed what the amount of 

 the taxes were that they paid, but could 

 not get any certain information ; yet my in- 

 terpreter feemed to comprehend their intel- 

 ligence very well. 



The 1 3th, I reached Manrefa, in a beau- 

 tiful country, all fpread with vineyards and 

 olive-grounds, intermixed with corn and 

 mulberries, and in many places the corn 

 was fet in rows under the made of the 

 vines, which were fupported by mulberry- 

 trees ; fo that the ground might be faid to 

 yield three crops at once. But, befides this, 

 they had large fields in corn only, which 

 they never fallow, and which never fails of 



yielding 



