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occupy no fmall portion of their furfaces* 

 Of the inclofed lands, in a ilate of Agri- 

 culture, a large proportion is grass — 

 perhaps two thirds of the whole. The 

 refl is occupied by arable crops, and 



ORCHARD GROUNDS. 



The ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS of the 



Diflri(ft are the ordinary domeftic animals 

 of the reft of the kingdom. 



Viewing thefe feveral produdlions of the 

 foils of this Diilrid, in a political light, 

 we find them to exceed its confumption ; 

 and to afford fome fupply to the national 

 demands. A confiderable portion of the 

 wood goes to the fupply of the King's 

 fliips, brewery, and bakehoufes, at Ply- 

 mouth. Much barley is, I underfl:and, 

 fome years, fent out of the Difl:ri(!l: ; and 

 numbers of cattle, every year, travel Eafl- 

 ward, on their way to the markets of the 

 metropolis ; by the route which will here- 

 after be defcribed ; and, of fheep, fome 

 few may be drawn towards the fame center. 

 Befide, it is obfervable, that, of the fheep, 

 fwine, poultry, and a variety of vegetable 

 produdions which find a market within 



the 



