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minated a true fandy loam, equal in value to the 

 belt parts of the Auftrian Netherlands, to which it 

 is firnilar. It is highly fruitful, and fa temperate 

 and pleafant to work, that it is rarely injured by 

 wet or drought, fo that the occupier is feidom put 

 out of his rotation of cropping. It is very unlucky 

 for the credit of Norfolk, that this part of the 

 county is, by its diftant lituation, lefs known to 

 ftrangers than any other part. 



The diftricr. fouth and fouth-eaft of Norwich, 

 confiding of the hundreds of Loddon, Clave r- 

 ing (£), Henftead, Earfham, Difs, Depwade, and 

 Humilyard, as well as fome parts of Fourhoe and 

 Mitford, though chiefly land, have an occasional 

 mixture of clay, and are in many parts wet and 

 full of fprings ; but yet thcfe parts are fruitful, 

 though to a lefs degree than the former; they are 

 likewife lefs pleafant and more expenfive to work. 



The largefr. portion of the county lies weft and 

 and north-weft of Norwich; comprifing the hun- 

 dreds of Taverham, Eynsfoid, Holt, North Green* 

 hoe, Gallon, Launditch, Biothercrofs, Smithdon, 

 Freebridgf, and Clackclofe. There is fome wry 

 good land in different parts of this diltntt ; bur, 

 upon the whole, it is a very inferior country to the 

 two preceding diflri&s. It luns, in general, light, 

 and its belt dependence is upon the fold. This is 



what 



