OF NORFOLK. 2J 



JV O T E S. 



(a) Dr. Temple fays, "twelve loads is too fmall a quan- 

 " tity, I fiiould apprehend ; an hundred loads, with ten 

 "or twelve of muck, would be much better, if the foil is of 

 " a light fandy texture, and if it be clay, then it requires four 

 " or five times the quantity." I do not fay, that twelve loads 

 are of fo much value as more would be, but ftate it as a fa£t, 

 that twelve loads have the effeft I defcribe, which the Doc- 

 tor cannot deny. It mud have been in Staffordfhire, or 

 Chefhire, where the Doftor has feen this vaft quantity laid on, 

 where I believe it to be the cuftom ; but if twelve loads of 

 marl will do as much here, as an hundred there, it proves the 

 fuperior quality of the Norfolk marl, and makes for my argu- 

 ment, that it is a peculiar treafure to this county, which was 

 all that I prefumed to advance : however, I will venture to 

 alTert, that the quantity the Do&or recommends, would entire- 

 ly ruin the Norfolk foil, 



(i) Mr. Strachey, Member for BHhop's Caftle, fays, "this 

 " being a faft, perhaps fome philofophical account might be 

 41 inferted, to (hew, why weeds mull be deftroyed by marl, 

 " though it caufes other plants to vegetate and flourilh." I 

 hope this remark, which is a very pertinent one on the occa- 

 sion, will excite the attention of fome perfon capable of an- 

 fwcring the queflion. 



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