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CHAPTER XVIII. 



Iniprovements Suggested. 



IN the course of this Survey hints have been 

 given respecting such improvements as appeared 

 to be most needed ; and, therefore, to repeat and 

 enlarge upon these here will be unnecessary. It 

 may be proper, however, to bring them into one 

 point of view, by a short recapitulation, and to 

 take notice of some others that have not been 

 mentioned, though of equal importance. 



1st) Enclosing. Though enclosing has been 

 going forward, for some years past, with en- 

 creasing rapidity, much still remains to be done* 

 A considerable proportion of the county still 

 continues naked and exposed. Nothing, there- 

 fore, would contribute more to the general ame- 

 lioration of the lands, than carrying forward this 

 improvement with spirit, and completing it, in 

 a substantial manner, with all possible dispatch. 

 This species of improvement ought not to be 

 confined to the richer and more productive 

 grounds, but should extend to those parts of the 

 county that are elevated and exposed, cold and 

 wet, and, in their present condition, compara- 

 tively barren and useless. Would the proprie- 

 tors be at the trouble and expence of surround- 

 ing such lands with large belts or stripes of plant- 

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