Improvement of arable Land, ipy 



where 'tis not usM, and indeed fcarce known, 

 thoTo much wanted. And now,to inquire into 

 its Properties, that Sand is bed that is of a 

 Red Colour, the Blue next , the White is ac- 

 counted the word ; But in T)evofi[hire they do 

 not take of the finall, walhy Sand thaV Is 

 thrown up by the Tides, but after they fiav'e 

 fhovelfd that away, they dig into the Sides 

 of the Bank, and take that which is of a more 

 coralline, fmallifh, gravelly Kind, which lafts 

 much longer than the other, tho' the other 

 will laft a while, Mr, Mortimer tells us, they 

 fpread it as foon as they bring it home ^ but 

 whatever they did when that Gentleman then 

 wrote,they now take other Methods , for their 

 Ground being in many Places hot by Na- 

 ture, they dig a large Pit, and throw in Sand 

 and Lime together, one Load and a half, or 

 two of Lime, to one of Sand, which af- 

 ter they have laid 5, 6, 7, or 8 Months more 

 or lefs, or according as they have occafion for 

 it,they take them out,and (pread them on their 

 Lands; but this way is for plough'd Lands: 

 And for this Superficial way of Dreffing, 

 about go or 40 Bufhels of Lime and Sand 

 mix'd together will be fufEcient ; but thefe 

 ought to be hous'd as for all thefe other 

 Kinds. Our beft Husbandmen recom- 

 mend the ufing this, and all other fuch ij i- 

 rituous Improvements, rather in a Superfi- 

 cial Manner, than to plough them in, becaufe 

 they are all apt by Nature to fmk deep, and 



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