3T2 NATURAL GRASSES. 35. 



pretence whatever, to be attempted to be re- 

 duced to arable land. 



n. Meadows. The fpecies of grafsland 

 which paffes under this denomination in Nor- 

 folk, is confined to thofe bottoms, or vallies, 

 which accompany, almoft uniformly, the rivu- 

 lets which abound in Eaft N'orfolk, 



Thefe vallies vary in width and depth. In 

 fome places the bed of the rivulet is funk 

 deep and narrow, in an almoft level furface ; 

 fo that the arable land comes down to its brink : 

 in others, the valley is v/ide, and the bottom 

 fiat; and, in this cafe, the fides of the valley 

 are fometimes low with an eafy fvvell, fome- 

 , times bold and lofty : this however is feldom 

 the cafe ; the Norfolk meadows in general 

 lying in gentle dips a few feet below the level 

 of the upland, and from half a lurlong to two 

 or three furlongs wide. 



This dip, gentle as it may be, fubjecfls them 

 in general to a pernicious redundancv of fub- 

 terranean moifture. 



The Norfolk foil, in general, is, as has 

 been repeatedly obferved, of a nature unufually 

 abforbent J drinking up the rain-water as fall 



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