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they were conducted, the improvement mud 

 have greatly exceeded the expence. In the 

 fpring of 1783, when I faw them, Sir Charles 

 had let off one farm of one hundred and fifty 

 pounds a- year (containing about one hundred 

 and fifty 'acres !) and had then built, or was 

 building, three or four more fubflantial farm- 

 houfcs. 



Kempfwidden, thr other fite of Sir Charles's 

 improvements, is more nearly allied to our 

 prefent fubject. This is a high ridge of moun- 

 tain which forms one fide of the valley of 

 Keldale. The foil, partly black moor ; in 

 part, of a brown loamy nature ; altogether, 

 much fuperior in naturalquality to the "high- 

 moors ;" and equal, if not fuperior, to any 

 cxtenfiye plot of uncultivated heath on this 

 fide of the Morclands. 



In 1783, the principal part of this hill had 

 been inclofed with ftone-walls ; and part of 

 it had, in the outfet, been unfortunately 

 broken up for (orn. But the rich loams of 

 Keldale being found to be better adapted to. 

 arable crops, this was prudently laid down 

 to grafs ; a fpecies of crop much better 

 fuited than corn to fuch a foil, in fuch a 



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