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and along the courfe of the Blackwater river, a beautiful mar- 

 gin of excellent meadow land. 



From Heybridge to LITTLE TOTHAM, a deep rich 

 foil upon a fandy and a gravelly loam, through which are 

 interfperfed fome luxuriantly rich paflure, and fome tolerable 

 turnip land. The foil of GREAT TOTHAM confifts 

 of a deep hazel coloured earth upon a brown clay, and a 

 light gravelly foil upon a fand and gravel. The deep loamy 

 foil has been much improved by clean chalking, at the fok 

 lowing expence per acre : 

 Six waggon loads of chalk, ninety bufhels each, 



at 1 2s. per load at the wharf - - 3 I2 o 



Carriage, filling and fpreading ditto at 8s. per 



load - -- - - - 280 



^.600 

 Which drelTing is fuppofed to laft twenty years ; nor is it 

 allowed by the advocates for this pradlice, that with fair 

 farming the land can ever be fo completely impoverifJied 

 as it feemed to be before the chalk was applied. In many 

 parts of this neighbourhood a fecond chalking has been 

 tried, but with fo little efFe£f, as entirely to difcourage its 

 repetition. 



The land in the pariflies of TOLESHUNT MAJOR 

 and GOLDHANGER, forms a deep rich mould upon a 

 gravel, in which are found fome fprings that occafion a 

 difficulty in getting the turnips from off the ground. The 

 marihes which were formerly under grafs, are now very 

 generally under the plough. Chalk has anfwered a very 

 valuable purpofe upon thofe lands, particularly when applied 

 in fufficient quantities (/. e. eight waggon loads per acre) 

 and left to melt and moulder upon the furface for three or 

 four years before it is ploughed in, it will then intermix and 

 incorporate very minutely with the foil, and is efteemed by 



fat 



