INTRODUCTION. 



XN colle6ling the neceflary information for the foilowing 

 Heport, the furveyor has been regulated by the fame line of con- 

 duit by which he was governed in the Agricultural Survey of the 

 .County of Cambridge. By thefe means, the fa6ts occurring in 

 each parifh are diftindly afcertained, and by the Table and JournaL 

 .of each rcfpeftive dillrift, are brought compleatly into view ; and, 

 are made to exhibit, by tiie average of their aggregate amount, the 

 general produce, and other circumftanccs refpefling the prefent 

 -ftate of the agriculture, and the probable improvement of fuch 

 diftridl. In doing thi5, particularly in the firft part, or journal of 

 the report, every polfible care has been taken to free it from thole 

 dull and tedious repetitions fo frequently occurring on a fubjeft in. 

 capable of change or variation ; and where at the fame time, it is 

 fo indifpenfible to prcferve and convey that clear and minute dc- 

 icription of the foil and fubftrata, fo material to the accurately un- 

 derftanding and rightly judging of the fubje6t, as well in refpefl: td 

 the agriculture of any particular parifli, or diftri(5l, as to that of the 

 ftock and hulbandry of the county at large. 



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