OF NORFOLK. 



only be done by a general furvey, but from the 

 belt enquiry and obfervation that I have been able 

 to make, I will hazard the following calculation : 



The fpace on which the towns ftand 1500 



Public and private roads 16416 



Lakes and rivers 2000 



Sedgy and fwampy ground 1500 



Unimproved commons 80000 



Woods and plantations 10000 



Arable land, computed at two-) 7 o Q q 00 



thirds of the whole county $ 



Meadows, parks, and upland paiture 126692 



Marih lands 63346 



Warrens and fheep-walks 63346 



Total of acres - 1094400 



The population of the city of Norwich was af- 

 certained in the year 1693, when it was found to 

 contain 28,881 fouls; and again in 1752, when it 

 was found to have increafed 1036,169; but the 

 trade was then in high reputation, and the city faid 

 to be very healthy ; and as the trade has fince ra- 

 ther declined, it cannot be fuppofed the population 

 has much increafed fince, though it is generally 

 undcrflood, that there are now about 40,000 fouls 

 in Norwich (£V 10,000 in Lynn, and 1 6,000 at 

 Yarmouth. 



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