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are eaten quite bare, (o late as the latter 

 end of April, will often produce, in ten 

 weeks time, three tons of hay to an acre, 

 without ever receiving any kind of ma- 

 nure, or any other attention, than, the 

 throwing them under water at proper 

 feafons ; which deflroys all weeds, and 

 enriches the land to a very high degree. 

 There are thoufands of acres, in many 

 other counties, which might be equally 

 improved. The temptation is certainly 

 great enough, to put any one upon his 

 mettle, to find where the thing is pradi- 

 cable, and to encourage him to adopt it. 

 Jf the great difference between loj-. and 

 3 /. an acre, in yearly value, llrike us, the 

 difference between 15/. and 90/. in the 

 fee fimple of an acre of this land, will 

 ilill more ffrongly affed: us^ though the 

 proportion be the fame, 



There is another fort of flooding, 

 5 which 



