O R F O L K. It 



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SOILS. 



A SINGULAR uniformity ol" foil prevails 



throughout this country : there h not, per- 

 haps, an aci-c in it which does not come 

 under the idea of a sandy loam. 



Its qualityj however, varies widely, both 

 ns to texture and produ(flivcnefs. The nor- 

 thern part of the D lurid abounds with bar- 

 i-en heaths and unfertile iticlofures ; while the 

 fouthgrn Hundreds are principally covered 

 with a richer, deeper, highly produdlive foil.- 



The foil, in general, however, may b^ 

 termed fliallow : perhaps fix, perhaps fi\'idj 

 inches may be taken as the medium depth. 



Inim^iately under the cultivated foil, a 

 liaid eruit — provincially "the pan" — occurs 

 nniverfally •, and under this fubftrata of va- 

 rious qualitieSj an unfathomable aczan of fa-nd 

 may be confidercd as the prevailing fubilra' 

 turn. In feme places a hungry gravrl, but 

 more frequently an abforbent brick-earth, is 

 the immediat;.' sus-soil.- Marl fometimes 



rifes 



