142 Of the Maiiagement^ and 

 Chap. II. 



SECTION IV. 

 Cf B.(irth% and their Improvement. 



%-:^^^^l% T will nor be expefted, I pre- 

 § -^^^I^^t'-S ^J"^e, that I (liould in this Ex- 

 §:t^ I ^t!§ plication of Earths and their 

 g:X^AA.^ v-'g Improvements, run into the 

 ^r^Tf^rcv^-^r^S ma'^.y Divifions and Charade- 

 nilicks ot Earth, but only 

 ftick clofe to thofethat this Country common- 

 ly abounds in, be ihey Sands, Clays, or other 

 black Failure and arabk Lands, compound- 

 td of Loamc and Sand ^ of Sand and Loame, 

 or of Clays mix'd with either, as they were 

 tempcr'd or framed, and as they are to be 

 found prcmifcuoufly fcatter*d and difposy, 

 by the great Author of the Univerfe in the 

 Formation of the World (or as they were 

 confufedly hurl'd together, by the violent 

 Agitation of the Waters in the univerfai De- 

 luge.) 



Bur, before I proceed to the feveral Kind . 

 cf Earth v/herewiih we abound, it will be 

 tieceiiary I ihould define the natural good 

 Qualities thereof, and how they are difcove- 

 table by fight, fmell, and touch 5 but above 

 all, and that which few of our moft elaborate 



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