192 Of L u s e r n e. Chap. XIIL 



5 Tis well known, that many Eftates have been 

 much improv'd by St. Foin ; therefore there is no 

 occafion to mention Particulars. Only I will take 

 Notice, that the Firfl in England was one of about 

 One hundred and Forty Pounds per Annum , Town 

 with St. Foin, and fold for Fourteen Thoufand 

 Pounds ; and as I hear, continues, by the fame Im- 

 provement, flill of the fame Value. This is, I fup- 

 pofe, the fame that Mr. Kirkham mentions in Ox- 

 fordjbire. 



Another Farm of Ten Pounds per Annum Rent, 

 which, whiJfl in Arable (a)> was like to have undone 

 the Tenant ; but being all planted with St. Foin by 

 the Owner, was lett at One hundred and Ten Pounds 

 per Annum, and prov'd a good Bargain-. 



If it mould be afk'd, Why St. Foin is an Improve- 

 ment fo much greater in England, than in other 

 Countries ? it might be anfwer'd by fhewing thd 

 Reafon why Englijh Arable is of i'o ifi'uch lefs Value' 

 than Foreign (b) where the Land is of equal Good- 

 nefs, and the Corn produc'd of equal Price. 



CHAP. XIII. 



O/LUSESN E, 



T A Luferne is that famous Herba Medica fo much 

 extoird by the Antients. 

 The high Efteem they had of its Ufe appears by 

 the extraordinary Pains they beftow'd on its Culture. 



(a) Thefe Eftates confifted of thin Slate Land ; which before 

 it was planted with St. Foin, was valued at two Shillings per Acre, 

 and fome Part of it at One Shilling per Acre (as I have been in- 

 formed) ; and yet Oxen are wjII fatted by the St. Foin it produces. 



(b) 'Tis doubtlefs from the extraordinary Price of Englijjb 

 Labour above that of other Countries, occafioned by EtigHJb 

 Statutes being in this Refpeft different from all other Laws in the 

 World. 



Its 



