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Fenns of Lmcolns-Jhore) But above all, if 

 the Bottom be a Gravel, this low Scituation 

 is a very good one ^ and tho' the Owner may 

 wantProfpea, he can want nothing elfe, that 

 the Nature of his happy Scituation can fur- 

 nifli him with. 



And it is to be obfcrv*d, that our Fore- 

 fathers chiefly fixt themfelves in thefe humble 

 Scituations, in Confideration, (as may be in 

 all Probability guefs'd at) of their being 

 low, fnug and warm, and for their Aptitude 

 to produce Fifli and Hortenfial Food in greater 

 Abundance than Hills: Confiderations indeed 

 of a careful effeminate Nature, and fuch to 

 which the Eafe, Luxury and Superftition of 

 thofe Times led them, yet even now they arc 

 to be preferr'd to feme Places that lie high, 

 and as they feldom arc without natural Hills 

 adjoyning to them, fo 'tis no hard Matter to 

 throw up Mounts in fevcral Parts of an Eftate, 

 and to plant them with rough Greens, &c. 

 in Order to remedy this Defed in Nature. 



I do not by this intend to ftrike at the 

 Beauty of high Scituations, wherever there 

 is good Wood or good Soil to raile it 5 but 

 this is in Anfwer to thofe that would limit 

 Builders and Gardiners to fuch exaft Scitua- 

 tions as will be perhaps impoffible for them 

 to find. 



A high Scituation has indeed one Confide- 

 ration to recommend ir, as is like to over- 

 ballance a Thoufand Advantages in other Sci- 

 tuations, ^ 



