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Proceeding fouth-eafterly and keeping the more elevated 

 country from Great Bardfield, through BARDFIELD, 

 SALING, GREAT SALING, and to PANFIELD, 

 the light gravelly foil continues intermixed with a brown 

 tender loam, of a good ftaple upon a chalky clay. Thence 

 towards BOCKING and BRAINTREE, the lands on both 

 iides the Blackwater, and alfo a branch of that river, are 

 found very much to vary, forming in the vallies a moor, 

 upon the fides of the hill, a loofe fpringy gravel; and upon 

 the higher country a thin compa6l grey loam, upon a chalky 

 clay. The valleys are generally under pafture and meadow, 

 with fome few plantations of hops. 



To the weftward of the village of GOSSFIELD, and 

 extending towards Weathersfield, a well ftapled gravelly 

 loam : northward and eafterly towards Hedingham and 

 Halftead, and alfo to the fouthward towards Becking, a tender 

 clay or loam, of a good ftaple, upon a brown clay or brick 

 earth, below v/hich in fome places is found a blue and "white 

 chalky clay. 



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A ftraw hat manufadlory has lately been eflablifhed under 

 the patronage of the Marchionefs of Buckingham, which 

 affords ample employment for all the poor women and 

 children of the neighbourhood. 



The Southdown breed of Iheep has been lately introduced, 

 and promifes to anfwer extremely well ; a preference however, 

 is ftill given by very good judges, to a crofs breed, between 

 the Southdown ram and Norfolk ewe; the produce from 

 which fattens well, and is much approved of by the butcher. 



The land in general adjoining the town of HALSTEAD 

 is a deep fandy loam^ upon a brov/n tender clay: extend- 

 ing thence, in every dire6lion, an heavier foil, upon a gra- 

 velly loam, and a white chalky clay prevails; fome of the 



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