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black Land feven or eight Feet 

 deep, and is very hard to dig. 



1. Stone^ St ale y or Flag-Marie, 

 which is a kind of fbft Stone, or 

 rather Slate of a blue or bluifh Co- 

 lour, that will eafily diflblve with 

 Froft or Rain : This is found near 

 Rivers and the Sides of Hills, and 

 is a very lading Sort of Marie. 



In Stajfordfljire they eftecm the 

 Dice or Slate-Marie better than the 

 Clay-Marie, and reckon the Blue 

 befl for Arable-Land, and the Grey 

 for Pafture. 



3 . Peat-Marie, or Delving-Marle, 

 which is cloie, ftrong, and very 

 fat, df a brown Colour, and is 

 found on the Sides of Hills, and in 

 v/et or boggy Grounds, which 

 liave a light Sand in them about 

 two Feet or a Yard deep : This is 

 accounted the flrongefl of all 

 jii^r/f/, and is very good for (an- 

 dy Land, but the Land muft have 

 a double Quantity laid on. 

 • 4. Clay-Marie -, This refembles 

 Clay, and is pretty near akin to it, 

 but is fitter, and fometimes mix'd 

 with Chalk-ilones. 



f. Steel-Marie ; which lies com- 

 monly in the Bottom of Pits that 

 are dug, and is of it ielf apt to 

 break into cubical Bits: This is 

 Sometimes uivier Tandy Land. 



6. Faper-Marle j which refem- 

 bles Leaves or Pieces of brown Pa- 

 per, but fbmtthing of a lighter 

 Colour : This lies near Coals. This 

 Sort is lefs efleem'd, it being hard 

 to be got. 



The Properties of any Sorts of 

 Maries, and by which the Good- 

 nefs of them may be beft known, 

 are better judg'd of by their Purity 

 and Uncompoundednefs, than their 

 Colour ; as if it will break in Pie- 

 ces like Dice, or into thin Flakes, 

 or is fmooth like Lead-Or;, and 

 is without a Mixture of Gravel or 



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Sand i if it will flake like Slatc- 

 ftones, and fhatter after v/et, or 

 will turn to Duft when it has been 

 expos'd to the Sunj or will not 

 hang and ftick together when it is 

 thoroughly dry, like tough Clay; 

 but is fat and tender, and will o- 

 pen the Land it is laid on, and not 

 bind i it may be taken for granted 

 that it will be beneficial to it. 



Some advife, to try the Good- 

 nefs of Marie, by putting ibme of 

 it into a Glafs of Water 5 and they 

 account it to be good, if it be (6 

 tender that the Lumps break and 

 diflblve as fbon as it comes to the 

 Bottom : They alio reckon it a 

 good Sign, if it fparkle in the Wa- 

 ter, and feel fat between the Fin- 

 gers; but the furefl: Sign of its 

 Goodnefs, is, if it diflblve by Wee 

 or Frofl;. 



Some approve of marling Land 

 fhallow, becaufe, they fay, it is 

 apt to work downwards : Others, 

 of laying it in deep at firfl:, be- 

 caufe the Sun waftcs the Fatnefs 

 of it. 



Some reccommend Maries for 

 the improving of landy loofe Land : 

 But the fureft way to know what 

 Lands it will fuit befl with, is, to 

 try with a little of it on Lands 

 fuppos'd to be of a contrary Na- 

 ture to it. 



Maries do not make Co good an 

 Improvement of Lands the firft: 

 Year, as afterwards. 



Some advife, firft to burn the 

 Marie before it is laid on the Landss 

 which, if it be done, one Load 

 will go as far as five. 



The Quantity of the Marie ought 

 to be in Proportion to the Depth 

 of the Earth j and Over-marling 

 has oft:en prov'd of worfe Conie- 

 qucnce than Under-marling. 



MARRUBIASTRUM j Baflard 

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