t<>6 FARMS. 



The QUANTITY or depth of foil is 

 greater than the par of upland foils ; vary- 

 ing, from five or fix, to ten or twelve 

 inchesv - 



---Th'C SUBSOIL is a rubhle, or broken 

 flatey rock ; abforbing water to a certain 

 and great degree ; but an excefs of wet 

 weather fometimes caufes a temporary 

 furcharo-e ; durin? v/h'ich, the foil, in fomc 

 particular fpots, becomes wet and poachy. 

 It -may be faid, however, in general, the 

 '.M "-aiid fubfoil are abforbent, clean, and 

 found. 



:t- -Ii: The m'STORY of Farm Lands, in 

 this Difcrid-;- has been hinted at, as having, 

 pafiled from the forefl or unoccupied fi:ate, 

 to' a ftate of common pafture, through the 

 medittm of at leaft a partial cultivation ; 

 and, from the ftate of common pifiiurage, 

 to the predial ftate, in which it now ap- 

 pears. But thefe fuggeltioiis arife, prin- 

 cipally, from the prefelit appearances of 

 the furface, and from^ the other circum-- 

 "flantial evidences, mentioned above. Thefe 

 circumftances, collated '^kith. the different 



furveys 



