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The land in open field, is for the most part in small pieces of 

 one, two, and three acres each ; were proper exchanges made, and 

 the same divided into pieces of ten or twelve acres, it would be 

 advanced in value eight or ten shillings per acre. 



This country is very populous, and the wages low, notwith* 

 Standing there are many considerable manufactures. 



Men's daily labor in winter is is. per day, with cyder. 

 Do. . . summer is is. /[d. , Do. 



Women's Do. . . winter . . 6d. . Do. 

 Do. . . summer . 8d. . Do. 



Mowing grass, is. 4d. per acre, and one gallon of cyder, 

 barley, is. . . Do. . . . Do. 



Reaping wheat, 4s. . . Do. two gallons and a half of cyder, 



And all other labor proportionably cheap. 



Great attention is paid to draining by all the sheep farmers. The 

 common drains are sixteen inches wide, from twenty to thirty deep, 

 and are for the most part turf drains \ when the turf is strong, they 

 are found very durable. 



Paring and burning are universally reprobated. 



There is plenty of wood in the hedges, and on the pollard trees, 

 but very few timber, or coppice woods ; and yet the country at a 

 distance looks like one continued grove ; owing to the numerous 

 orchards, every where dispersed. The cyder made in the neigh- 

 bourhood (particularly in the parish of Martock, which perhaps is 

 one of the largest parishes in the kingdom) is not only excellent in 

 quality ; but in quantity, beyond calculation ; from hence the north- 

 em part of the county, less abundant in this article, is supplied, 

 and coal taken back in return. 



There are considerable manufactures of narrow cloth from four 

 to seven shillings per yard, the quality of which, both for appear- 

 ance, and duration, is not equalled in the kingdom. In these, 

 great numbers of men, women, and children, are employed, but the 

 country being very populous, there is no want of hands in agri- 

 culture. 



There are also many manufactures of coarse linen, such as dow- 

 las, tick, &c. also of gloves, girt web, &c. all of which give ani- 

 mation, wealth, and comfort to the inhabitants of this rich, and 

 delightful region. 



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