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eft'ectually improve and alter the nature of hot, 

 barren sand, as unctuous, animal manures; since, 

 by binding it, the moisture is retained much 

 longer; and more food is obtained for the plants 

 which are grown upon it. But the worst of it is, 

 that such manures are to be had in Engk\nd, but 

 in small quantities only, and at a great expence, 

 unless the refuse of the whale's fat, after the oil 

 has been extracted, will have the same effect; but 

 I should reject the skin, as a substance not likely 

 to answer any good purpose. For the same rea- 

 sons that I would recommend unctuous manures 

 to dry sand land, I would not attempt to put them 

 upon strong soils, lest they should become too 

 adhesive. 



The black peat, or car soil, I should suppose, 

 would receive great benefit from an admixture 

 of barren sand, assisted by the produce of the 

 fold yard. But, as in England, that kind of land 

 generally lies so low as to be very difficult to drain, 

 little is to be expected from it, unless that can 

 effectually be done. 



END OF THE SIXTH VOYAGE. 



