M I N U T E S JUNE 



ii8. in the fpring; and are now doing very well. 



^ art ^ t ^ cm are alreac *y f^ to ^ e butcher, 

 and the reft will be ready by harveft. This is 

 a fair fpecimen of the prelent quality of thefe 

 marfhes. 



We then went over Mr. Hylton's : his 

 flock chiefly two-year-olds, and colts; with 

 three or four three-year-olds, which he expetts 

 will be fmifried by harveft. 



We afterwards rode through a variety of 

 marfhes belonging to their acquaintances and 

 relations; and having feen a rnarfh-rnill, we 

 made a fweep towards the middle of the level, 

 and came up at Wickhampton, where the en- 

 trance is almoft free from water. 



Marjh-milh. The proprietor of a level of 

 marfhes either builds a mill himfelf, or pays 

 fo much an acre to a neighbouring mill ; which 

 engages to draw off the fuperflupus water. 



The conftruclion of thefe mills and the 

 principle they aft upon are beautifully fjmple. 

 The body of the mill is built of brick, about 

 twenty feet high s with fails fimilar to thofe of 

 a corn-mill, but fomewhat fmaller. Upon 

 the axis of the fails is fixed a cogged wheel, 

 of about five feet diameter. This turns a hori- 

 zontal wheel of the fame, or nearly the fame 



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