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MINUTES 



NoV, 



38. improvable fwamps, and on the fpringy fides 



THE ASH. of hills : it would be rendering them ufeful as 

 fites of plantations ; and, perhaps, by its abr 

 forbent nature, would render them firm. 

 THE ALI>ER. The alder, on the contrary, is obferved to 

 make the ground it grows on flill more rotten 

 and boggy : it ought therefore, for two rea- 

 fons, never to be planted ; namely, the injury 

 to the land, and its own worthleffnefs. 



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MARKETS. NOVEMBER 26. This morning took a ride 



to fee Holt Fair. 



This is a fair for " homcbreds," or Norfolk 

 flock only ; no Scotch drovers frequenting it. 



A neighbour bought nine three-year-olds 

 (coming), five of them fleers, four fpayed 

 heifers, forward in flefh, at 4/. ys. 6d. a piece. 



A farmer in the neighbourhood bought two 

 of the lame age, but lean, though larger, and 

 not out of condition, for //. 



Some kind-growing two-year-olds (coming) 

 were afked fifty-five fhillings a piece for. 



Cows and calves fell very low in Norfolk. 

 They were fold to-day from about fifty-five fhil- 

 lings to three pounds ten fhillings a couple. 



It is alfo obfei vable, that lean flock "flraw- 

 r^cks" fell very low in this country, at this 



time 



