320 NATURAL GRASSES. 35. 



plants ; their upper fides being frequently out 

 of the water's way, affording a proportion of 

 grazable land : hence, probably, they are 

 provincially termed *' marflies." This, how- 

 ever, is not only contrary to the common ac- 

 ceptation of the term ; but th-e produce and 

 principal ufe of a fen are totally different from 

 thofe of a grazing marih. 



The profits of a fen arifc, in general, from 



Reed and gladdon, cut for thatch, for build- 

 ings ; 



Sedge and rulhes, for litter ; and thatch, for 

 Kay and corn-ricks, and fometimes for build- 

 ings ; 



Coarfe grafs, for fodder, and fometimes for 

 pafturage ; — and 



Peat for fuel *. 



The laji, if made the moft of, is a very va- 

 luable article, — as appears in Min. 54. 



* The proprietors of manors are alfo proprietors of the 

 fifli in fuch parts of thofe frefli-water lakes as lie within 

 their refpeftive manors ; and the right of fifliing is fre- 

 quently let ©ft" to men who make an employment of taking 

 the pit.e (fome of them of immenfe fize) and other fifli 

 with which " the brdads" abound. 



The 



