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SOILS. 



The Norfolk foil, however, is not vvithoiit 

 Its partial evils : — '' fcalds" are as pcniir 

 cious in Norfolk, as quickfands and fpringy 

 patches arc in cold-foiled countries; and, 

 what is vvorfe, they are, perhaps, incurable ; 

 while a partial retcntivenefs may be eafily 

 removed. 



Thefe scalds are probably occasioned by 

 a partial abforbency ; namely, by a more abr; 

 forbent fubfoil being interfperfed in patches 

 among one which is kfs abforbent ; and, gene- 

 rally, perhaps, by " heads" or prominent 

 parts of the univerfal lubftru(3:iire fand, rifing 

 up through a ftratum of brick-earth ; in the 

 manner that ** heads of marl" flioot np to,- 

 wards the furface : as will be dcfcribed in 

 the next fecftion. 



For iiiflances of the abforbency of th\? 

 Norfolk fubfoil', fee Mm. 59. 



l-'or obfervations on the ditch-mould o'f 

 Is^'orfolk, fee Min. 77. 



For obfervations on the foils of the Flcg 

 Hundreds, fee Mint. 106. 



For general obfervations on the friability 

 of the Norfolk foils, fee Min. 106. 



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