3. N O R F b L K. § 



piecemeal, without the general confent of 

 the proprietors* They are, however, incon- 

 veniencies which fire evefy year decrealing : 

 many beneficial exchanges of intermixed lands 

 have lately taken place, and many more 

 equally advaniageoiis renuiin yet to be made 

 Cfee MiN. 4. on this fubjedt). 



But notwithftanding thefe intermixtures r.nd 

 irregularities, ave. ftiU too prevalent, and not- 

 withftanoing fcattered and '' one-fided" farms 

 are fmgularly abundant, there are many com- 

 pa(ft ring-fence farms to be met with in the 

 Diflrifb, 



The sizes of farms, at prefent, are of the 

 middle cail ; few under fifty pounds, and 

 fewer above three hundred pounds a year. 

 Formerly they were much faialler ; but the 

 numerous little places of the yeomanry having 

 fallen into the hands of men of fortune, and 

 being now. incorporated with their extended 

 eftates, are laid out into farms of fuch fizes, 

 as bell fuit the intereft, or the conveniency, 

 of the prefcnt proprietors. 



The characteristic of farms, in this 

 Diilri6t, is, invariably, arable up-land ; — • 

 with, generally, a fjnail proportion of moory 



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