MINUTES 



MAY 



1 06* 



DISTRICT, 



THE FLEG 



HUNDREDS. 



THE FLEG 



H US BAN- 

 DRY. 



From a general view of this detail, the hun- 

 dred of HAppaNG (and not the hundreds of 

 Fleg} (lands higheft on the fcale of hufbandry : 

 and, as I fet out without prejudice, I could 

 have no other bias to my opinion than that 

 Xvhich I received from the objects which 

 ft ruck me. 



Tat foil of the FLEG HUNDREDS is rich; 

 forne parts of it being naturally fertile, in a 

 very high degree ; and the reft rendered fo by 

 clay, marl, and " Yarmouth muck/' The 

 arable parts are here fpoken of. 



But there are in thefe hundreds large tracts 

 which are covered with water, or occupied by 

 reed and other aquatics ; and others which 

 are frequently overflowed in winter, but afford 

 in fummer extenfive marfhes, or grazing- 

 grounds, for lean Scots and young cattle. 



Thofe are another fource of riches to the 

 arable lands ; on which the marfh-ftock is 

 kept, and generally fatted on turneps, during 

 the winter months ; betides great quantities of 

 manure being alfo raifed from fedge and other 

 litter cut out of thefe fens and marines. 



We called upon Mr. Ferrier, of Hemfby, 

 who occupies his own eftate, and is univerfally 

 acknowledged as one of the beft farmers in 



Fleg." 



