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In another part of the field laft under no- 

 tice, the rock riles to within ten inches of the 

 furface ; terminating in flat clean (tones, 

 without any admixture of mould or effloref- 

 cent matter; and the foil perfectly uncalca- 

 reous. Here not a leaf of faintfoin is to be 

 feen. The plants, in all probability, did not 

 furvive the firfl year. 



Much of the limeftone land above Pick- 

 ering is of a fimilar nature : this accounts 

 for the mifcarriages which have taken place. 



Neverthelefs, the tops of fome of the lime- 

 ftone quarries (as the Cattle BankJ termi- 

 nate in loofc ftones mixt with grey, effloref- 

 cent mould, and have fifTures containing efflo- 

 refccnt matter, which, I find, is purely calcare- 

 ous. Among; thefe faintfoin no doubt would 

 flourifh. There may be confiderable patches 

 of this land; and they appear to me to be 

 well worth fearching for. To throw away 

 feed, and perhaps two or three years crops, 

 merely on fuppofition, is highly imprudent. 

 Kut a few hours, or a few days, expended in 

 the fcarch of a proper foil, might be time 

 well employed. 



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