Chap. 7. concerning E A R T H^ &*c. 1 09 



chance happen likewife that there is no great 

 Choice for the Nurfery, which we are to 

 direft hereafter, but in fuch Land 5 fo that 

 we muft take up with this or none, 

 ^t Having therefore prepared a large Maga-T^eF^oce/x. 

 zine, according to the laft Direftions, for 

 that I have always obferv'd there is no Land 

 fo foon worn-out as Light Sandy Lands,' 

 though Clayey Land be much more intraft- 

 able 5 yet being of a heavier, clofer Con- 

 texture, the Saline Particles are not fo vola- 

 Jfle as they are in a more Sandy Ground 5 

 for which reafon 'tis by fome preferr'd before 

 it, efpccially if dug, or rather trench'd, every 

 Year ^x Michaelmas, and laid in Ridges all 

 the Winter to meliorate 5 which makes it 

 more than probable that the Sun, which has 

 its attrafting as well as diiFufive Power, ( and 

 this is what Philofophers affirm in Plants, 

 tho' I don't remember to have feen it in 

 this of Earth ) may, and without doubt does^ 

 exhale this Vital Principle of the Earth, and 

 confequently enervates the Heart of Sandy 

 Land quicker, becaufe 'tis a loofer and more 

 arenaceous Body than the other is. 



But to return from this long Parenthefis : farther 

 Clear away as much as you poffibly can of the ^/p^lf^r^ 

 Weeds and other Trumpery which have in 

 fome meafure occafion'd this Poverty in the 

 Soil 5 begin as you do in common Trench- 

 ing, by opening a large Trench three if not 

 four Foot wide, and eight or nine Inches 

 deep. 



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