144 Of the Management^ and 

 liktwife found in the wild and wafte Parts of 

 the Country, and generally produce nothing 

 but Gorze, Furze^ or Fern, as their Bottoms 

 are more or lefs of a light and fandy, or of a 

 Ipewv Gravel or clayey Nature. 



All good and wholfome Lands will like-* 

 wife atter Rain, or the breaking up by the 

 Spade or Plough, emit a good Smell, 

 fo, that Vis well known our Phyfitians 

 recommend it as conducive to Health, and 

 to the recovery of Strength to Con- 

 sumptive Bodies : On the contrary (for 

 I have particularly trjM in the Fens of 

 X^^colnjhire^ when you break up any of thofe 

 Grounds, where the Waters are ftagnated, 

 there will come forth fuch a Stench, as one is 

 hardly able to bear ; but Earth likewife re- 

 ceives this badnefs of Smell from fome Mme- 

 ral or Metallic Qjality, that lies in the fabfid- 

 ing Beds and Strata of the Earth, and are 

 drawn up by the attraftive Power of the Sun. 

 And we may generally obferve, 'tis in thefe 

 Places, Wood Timber, or even our fmaller 

 Herbage and Vegetables never flourifti to any 

 degree of Perfedlion. There may be many 

 other Caufes of the ill Scent and Difcolour of 

 Earths, as where thele Mineral, Metallic, or 

 Stagnated Waters, by means of their fuperi« 

 our Level and Verticity, break out and ex- 

 pend themfelves quite thro* the Neighbour- 

 hood, tainting the Earth where-ever it pafTes, 

 and leaving behind thofe difmal Marks of 



Sterility 



