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As the Barrennefs of Clayey Grounds are 

 known by their outward Faces and Characters, 

 fo alio aie Sands ^ and thefe Jire of as many 

 Colours as the Clay : Thofe Sands that lie 

 upon Mountainous and Rocky Places, are 

 generally fpeaking barren, which may be 

 perceiv'd by tlie fmall moffie and yellowifli 

 Grafs which they bear^ other Sands that lie 

 lower in wet moorifli Plains or Bottoms, are 

 generally of a blackifh Colour, and produce 

 a long, four, unwhoiefbme Grafs,' but where 

 the Ground lierh dryer, the Earth or Sand 

 will be very white or yellow, and produce 

 a (liort, fmall, blewifli, mofly Grafs : The 

 gieareft Part of thefe unfruitful Sands are 

 much Subjcft to Heath, Furze, Brakes or fuch 

 like- 

 Now a great Caufe of the Unfruitfulnefi 

 of thefe barren fjndy Grounds, is by Reafon 

 o'i the Porofity, or Hollowncfs of the Earth, 

 as was faid before ; for, altho' it be well ma- 

 nured with Soil or Dung, yet much Rain 

 will wafh down the Dung lower into the 

 Earth, than the Roots of the Corn or Grafs, 

 W'hich has been the Reafon of the Way of 

 Plow trenching in fome fandy Countries : 

 The Manner of which I fliall here mention, 

 becaufe it does as properly belong to this 

 place as any. Firft, the Plow having caft 

 Dp the Furrow, taking a good Slirch, (as they 

 c^li it in Husbandry) alter the Plow there 

 foiioy/ 12 or 14 Men with Spadcsj who dig 



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