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ther they lie in a ftate of wafte or produdive- 

 iiefs, the welfare and happinefs of many in- 

 dividuals may be dependant. 



The PRINCIPLE OF IMPROVEMENT IS what 



I (hall more particularly fpeak to ; and in 

 doing this, I mail keep the HIGH-MOORS 

 not the heathy upper margin of the limeftonfe 

 heights -principally in view. 



It appears to my mind that a man who 

 attempts at prefent to crop thefe heaths with 

 corn, muft either be in natural abilities ex- 

 tremely deficient; totally uninformed in rural 

 affairs ; or unfortunately gifted with more ge- 

 nius than judgement. To begin with carrying 

 0^~the means of produ&ivenefs in the fhape 

 of grain (which the cultivation of corn im- 

 plies) from a foil which it is to be feared 

 naturally contains them in very inconn- 

 derable quantity, is irreconcileable with com- 

 mon fenfe. 



The ARTIFICIAL PRODUCE which flrikes 

 me as eligible to be propagated at prefent on 

 thefe heaths, is wood and herbage. 



PLANTATIONS. There are evidences, but 

 no proof, of thefe hills having been formerly 

 covered with wood. The trees which are 



ftill 



