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rally carried off, (though at a confiderable expence,) by 

 hollow drains. 



The greater part of the embanked mnrfhes feem to owe 

 much of their prefent inferiority to neg1e6t and mifmanage- 

 ment. 



The land in the parifhes of St. OSYTH, GREAT 

 CLACKTON, and LITTLE HOLLAND, which is 

 bounded on the fouth, by a level of embanked marlhes, 

 and the German Ocean, is well adapted to the culture of 

 grafs and corn, and in particular parts, to tfiat of turnips. 



Thence north, and towards LITTLE CLACKTON 

 and WHEELY, a ftrong foil upon a brick earth, throligh 

 which are found fome veins of fandy loam upon a gravel. 



The deep ftrong lands in the parifh of GREAT HOL- 

 LAND, have been much improved by hollow drains filled 

 with fhingle, brought from the fea beach, and fifted gravel. 

 Thefe drains are made thirty inches deep, from three to four 

 inches wide at the bottom, and about nine inches wide at 

 the top: labour 3d. per rod, and materials about 3d. 

 more; averaging through the neighbourhood where the land 

 is clean drained, and the drains made at a rod apart, about 

 4I. per acre. 



Eafierly through FRINTON, the foil is formed of a 

 ftrong deep hazel coloured mould, which at WALTON 

 becomes fcmewhat lighter, and affords a few fpots of very 

 good turnip land. The fides of the hills hanging down to 

 the fait martlies in this pariih, might be much improved by 

 a due attention to hollow draining. Thence wefterly through 

 KIRBY, a ftrong compact loam upon a brick earth, and 

 a deep hazel coloured fandy loam upon a gravel. This latter 

 foil prevails very generally through THORPE, upon which, 



F a turnips 



