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II. COURSE OF PRACTICE. Left 

 it fliould be faid that the Pradice of a 

 Country, (o far behind the reit of the King- 

 dom, in Rural Improvements, as that which 

 is now under view, cannot be a fit fubjcdt 

 of minute defcription, it may here be pro- 

 per to remark, that the Subjed of Agri- 

 culture, viewed to its outmoft limits, is not 

 only extenfive, but abftrufe ; and that no 

 ESTABLISHED PRACTICE can be fo 

 inconfiderable as not to furnilh ufeful ideas, 

 if fairly difcufied. Befide, we have feen 

 that the outline of its Plan of Management 

 is in fome meafure right, and, by due in- 

 vefbigation, we may be able to dete(5t mi- 

 nutial pradices, which will throw frelh 

 light on the general fubje<fl. 



It has been mentioned, as .the PracSlice 

 of this Diftrid:, to keep the cultured lands, 

 alternately, in leygrafles and arable crops. 

 The latter have long been fixed and in- 

 variable ; but the number of years allowed 

 for the duration of the former aepends on 

 circumftances, and the judgement of indi- 

 viduals. Speaking generally of the Difl;ri<^, 

 more than half of its cultured lands are in 

 K 4 tern- 



