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DISTRICT THE THIRTEENTH. 



Bei?ig a temperaU and heavy mixed foil, upon a chalk, 

 a gravel, a hurrock (i. e. a gravel and chalk 

 mixed) a tile earth, and a blue and white chalky 

 clay. 



Beginning at saffron walden, where the 



land eaft of the town, and extending towards ASHDON, 

 Radwinter and Wimbifli, confiUs of a wet heavy foil upon 

 a chalky clay. Southerly towards Wenden and Debden, the 

 foil is of a more open and gentle nature, and lies upon a 

 chalky and a brown tender clay, interfperfed with fome veins 

 of gravel. Thence wefterly to LITTLE BURY and 

 LITTLE CHESTER FORD, a thin dry foil upon a chalk 

 and gravel, which continues northerly to GREAT CHES- 

 TERFORD; but thence north-eafterly through Little 

 Walden to HADSTOCK, the thin hurrocky foil is loft in 

 a ftrong heavy clay upon a tile earth, and in a gravelly loam. 



The low paftures and meadows in this neighbourhood 

 being fubjeft to frequent overflowings from the river Cam, 

 are reduced to a very inferior condition, which is only to be 

 improved by fome regulation requiring that river to be pro- 

 perly cleanfed out, and its bed deepened. The water might 

 then be run down to a lo\^er level, and the adjacent lands, 

 by being relieved of their fuperabundant water, would in a 

 ftiort time become extremely valuable. 



The long drift and fcanty pafturage in this open part of 

 the county occafions a decided preference to the North and 



South 



