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MINUTES 



MAR. 



94. 



FAIR OF 

 AYLSHAM. 



CATTLE. 



HORSES. 



arifing probably from a fcarcity of money, and 

 from the failure of the turnep-crops for fome 

 years back. 



The few which were in the fair to-day fecmed 

 principally to confift of fuch as had been at 

 turneps ; and had got a little flefhy ; but flill 

 required a confiderable time, and good keep, 

 to finifh them. There were alfo a few cows and 

 calves, and a little young flock. The number 

 of horfes was confiderable (perhaps a hundred) 

 fet up againft rails, placed on a rifing ground, 

 to ihew their fore-hands to advantage. Ten to 

 twelve pounds the highefl prices; even for 

 young horfes. 



95- 



PLANTING. MARCH 26. This morning marked out the 



weedling-plants of a plantation, made by the 

 late Sir William Harbord twenty-five to thirty 

 years ago *. 

 It confifts of th< 

 Oaks, 

 Afli, 

 Beech, 

 Chefnut, 



following fpecies of trees : 

 Scorch Fir, 

 Larch, 

 Alder. 

 Hornbeam. 



* On counting the rings of different fpedes, I found the 

 number to be thirty or thirty- one. 



The 



