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it appears like Leaves or Pieces of brown 

 Paper, only fomething lighter. To con- 

 clude, the general Divifions of Marie, are 

 to four Sorts, * as they appear of different 

 Colours, and are a Blue, a Yellow, a 

 Grey, and a Red Marie ; the Blue is gene- 

 rally reckon'd the beft^ the Yellow next, and 

 next the Grey ; but the Red will not hold fo 

 long. I have alfo feen a whitifli Kind in the 

 Ifle of Wight ^ of which Colour their Maries 

 generally are. Thefe Maries ought to be 

 laid on Land, fometimes more and fometimes 

 lefs, according to the richnefs, or poorneftj 

 or depth of the Land you marie. In the afore^ 

 ftid Itland, they tell me, they lay on from 

 60 to ido, or 1 20 Load, and their Land there 

 generally runs upon a fandy Land, but it is 

 better to lay on too little than too much. In 

 fine, the Properties of any Sorts of Marie, and 

 by which you are to judge of its Goodnefsi 

 are that they break eafily into Bits or thin 

 Flakes, like Lead Ore, without any mixture 

 of Sand, or Gravel, and flake like Slate Stones, 

 iand fall to pieces after wet, or being exposed 

 to the Sun and Froft, will in fome reafonable 

 time turn to Duft, or, when thorough dry, 

 will not bind together like ftiff Clay, but is 

 fat and tender, and makes the Ground where- 

 on you lay it of a proper Ccnfiftency, fuch as 

 we have heretofore affign^d to good Land* 

 Marie as is before obferv'd, agrees beft with 

 fandy, loofe Land ; but as there is no RuJe 



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