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Wedmoor. Wedmoor, 



Amount of poor rate 7 years! £• Amount of poor rate] £. 

 previous to the inclo- V 2132 7 years subsequent > 2342 



sure J to the inclosurc 



HUNTSPII-L. 



D° 1561 Do .... . 2204 



Mark. 

 D° . . . . f . . . 1985 Do .... , 2163 



Meare, 

 Do ........ 2016 Do .... . 2170 



An increased population necessarily accompanying such an oc- 

 cupation of productive land, muft inevitably be attended with a 

 proportionate advance in the poor's levy ; besides, men cannot, in 

 an instant by any, even the strongest incentives, be roused from a 

 state of sloth to a life of labor and activity. To this may be added 

 that a great part of the extra levy, arises/ro/a the high dema?id for 

 county stock ; and it is found that for several years past the rates are 

 declining, notwithstanding the poor are treated with much mere 

 liberality than heretofore. 



The division of property on these lands is effected by ditches 

 8 feet wide at the top, 3§- feet wide at the bottom, and 5 feet deep, 

 which may be cut in the strongest clay for 2od. per rope, which it 

 something less than f per cubic yard ; and on the black ground 

 and red earth at i6d. per rope. 



At these prices a good workman will, in the summer, earn three 

 shillings per day, and in winter two shillings. Can any excava- 

 ting machine execute this work at a cheaper rate ? 



These rhynes discharge their waters into the rivers, and sluices 

 are occasionally made to keep back water in times of drought, for 

 the use of the stock. 



The graziers on these strong clays are fond of large inciosuresj 

 and object to the planting any trees, or hedges, alledging as a rea- 

 son, that they harbour flies, which teaze the cattle, and check 

 their progress in fatting ; trees also prevent a free circulation of air. 

 Experience confirms the wisdom of this theory. Many ako are of 

 opinion, that one piece of forty acres will sooner fat a given quan- 

 tity of oxen, or sheep, than two pieces of twenty acres each. All 

 however do not agree in this sentiment, and the opponents urge 



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