loam, chalk and clay, &c. &c.\ and befides 

 thefe confufions of diftinclion, each fort of 

 foil varies infinitely, and every quality in 

 each foil the fame. An attempt to charac- 

 terife each variation, as well as each foil, 

 would be an endlefs, and an impracticable 

 work : I have, therefore, purpofely pafled 

 by feveral variations of which I have even 

 had particular experience, and ftuck to the 

 diftinguifhing marks alone. It muft un- 

 doubtedly be left to the perfon who views 

 a field, to determine which particular foil it is 

 neareft allied to ; and what qualities, good 

 or bad, are moft to be difcovered in it. 



In refpect to grafs lands, the marks for 

 judgment are different. Thefe are beft 

 examined by attending, firft, to the circum- 

 ftances in which they are moft deficient; 

 and then to fuch as are in their favour. 

 The more feafons grafs fields are viewed 

 in, the better ; though any one is fufficient 

 for a tolerable judgment. 



One evil attending thefe lands is, that of 

 being too wet ; the figns of which can never 

 be miftaken, or overlooked, in any feafon 

 of the year. In winter, it is at once per- 

 ceived by walking on it; at all times of 



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