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turncpj ht ihonld no:: have it in his power to 

 tread or dung upon another. This, however, 

 is fcldd'ii efTecfluallv p-U-i'ded n^ainft. If tur- 

 neps be fcattered a yard afunJ.cr, they are not 

 ill throv;n : it is too common to lee them 

 throvv^n in " rucks" and " ringes" by half 

 dozens tO'^ethcr. 



They are thrown by hand, by a boy {land- 

 ing in the cart, which keeps going on as he 

 throvVs them our, — xvi:h their tops and tails 011, 

 as they were drawn out of the piece. 



Bullocks at turneps abroad, are fometimcs, 

 when the diftanCe is not too great, driven into 

 t^e ftraw.yard at night ; — and fortietimcs have 

 a little draw jrlven them under the heds:e of 



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the throvving-piece, Vvhere they fieep, entirely 

 abroad* See Min. 6g, 



The quantity of ftraw carried to them is 

 Tery fmali-, b-eing meant merely to " clean thcr 

 mouths" from the dirt of the turneps ; which, 

 alone, are depended upon for bringing the 

 cattle forward. 



It is indeed an inrerefting fa£l^ that not one 

 in ten of the high-finifhed bullocks, which are 

 annually fcilt to .^'mithfield-market out of Nor- 

 folk, taile one handful of hay ; or any other 

 U 2 food. 



