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gation ; for it is not the water that works the 

 effect, but the nuid, so that in floods the business 

 ceases, as also in winter ; and it is not to manure 

 the soil, but to create it. What the land is, in- 

 tended to be warped, is not of the smallest con- 

 sequence: a bog, clay, sand, peat, or a barn floor; 

 all one; as the warp raises it in one summer from 

 six to sixteen inches thick ; and in hollows or low 

 places, two, three, or four feet, so as to leave the 

 whole piece level. Thus a soil of any depth you 

 please is formed, which consists of mud of a vast 

 fertility, though containing not much besides sand ; 

 but a sand unique. Mr. Dalton, of Knaith, on 

 Trent, sent some to an eminent chemist, whose 

 report was, that it contains mucilage/ and a very 

 minute portion of saline matter ; a considerable 

 one of calcareous earth : the residue is mica and 

 sand; the latter in far the largest quantity: both 

 in very fine particles. Here is no mention of any 

 thing argillaceous; but from examining in the fields 

 much warp, I am clear there must be clay in some, 

 from its caking in small clods, and from its cleansing 

 cloth of grease, almost like fuller's earth. A con- 

 siderable warp farmer told me, that the stiffer warp 

 was the best ; but in general it has the appearance 

 of sand, and all glitters with the micaceous parti- 

 cles. So much, in general, as to the effect : the 

 culture, crops, &c. are circumstances that will best 

 appear, with others, in the following notes, taken 

 on the spot. 



Mr. Webster, of Bankside, has made so great an 



improve- 



