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I. G. 3. Steeper, not convenient, elevated, ex- 

 posed. Good mountain pasture if not too 

 elevated or exposed dry and accessible, 

 might rank in this class according to its 

 quality. 

 SECT. 5. BAD GRASS. 



B. G. 1. Remote, high, unsheltered, rocky, with coarse 

 innutritions herbage ; level morasses of 

 bog ; covered with heath, or tufts of long 

 coarse grass ; wet. unsheltered, rocky. 



B. G. 2. Rugged mountain tops ; rank wet bog, deep 

 and quaking, remote, cold and dreary. 



B. G. 3. Sterile, high, almost inaccessible, or bare 

 of verdure. 



IV. ON TIMBER LANDS. 



All land occupied in growing timber is to be estimated 

 according to its agricultural or grazing capabilities. 



If the land be naturally good arable, capable, in a free 

 state, of easy cultivation, and eligibly situated for farming 

 purposes, it should be comprehended in the classification 

 already given for arable land, according to its quality. 



If it be poor, shallow, stiff, uneven, or rocky, exposed, 

 elevated, and altogether unfavourably situated or badly 

 adapted for husbandry, it should be comprehended in the 

 classification given for grass land, according to its natural 

 capabilities for pasture, which will be generally indicated 

 by the adjoining lands. 



All ground under old forest or young plantations should 

 be charged in the valuator's return to the owner of the 

 timber. If it belong to the proprietor of the estate, as is 

 usual, he should be charged with the rent and taxes ; for 

 timber may be considered a kind of crop requiring an ex- 

 tended period to come to maturity. 



When in such cases, land under timber constitutes part 

 of the measurement of a farm, it should be deducted from 

 the tenant's rent, and entered as a separate holding in 

 the occupation of the proprietor. 



