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raders of the Diftri^ft ; and only require 

 to be adduced, here, in order to bring 

 them into one point of view, with the ad- 

 ventitious properties of Farms, at prefent 

 obfervable, in this extreme part of the 

 Kland. 



The CLiMATURE is very uncertain, in 

 an agricultural point of view. In a dry 

 fummer, the harveft is early, on account of 

 the foutherly fituation of the Diftridl, 

 Eut, in a moift feafon^ it is fometimes very 

 backward ; owing to inceflant drizzling 

 rains, added to the coolnefs of the fea air. 

 See Climature, page 1 1. 



The ftirfaces of Farms, notwithftanding 

 the uneven furface of the country at large, 

 are lefs fteep and difficult to work, than 

 the Farms of many other hilly Diftritfts ; 

 owing to the circumftance of the ileepef 

 fides of vallies being chiefly appropriated 

 to wood. 



The QUALITY OF THE SOIL has been 

 defcribed, as being of a llatcy nature ; 

 moftly abounding with fragments of flate 

 rock and other flones ; and generally mixed 

 with a portion of loam. 



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