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I have feen rakings wafted ; becaufe there 

 was not time to bind them, before the 

 rain fet in ; though waggons were ftanding 

 by, to receive them. 



Formerly, it ieems, loofe corn, which 

 had been*cut with the lithe, was "led" in 

 " ti-ufl'es," — or large bundles, each a horfe- 

 load, bound together with two ropes, and 

 laid acrols a " pannel" or pad faddle, and 

 fteadied or " led" by a woman or youth, 

 from the field. This v.^as called " trufs 

 leadino:" or " leadino:''" — a term' which is 

 common at this time^, in the North of 

 jEngland, and in Scotland, for carrying, 

 hauling, or drawing hay, corn, or other 

 article, on a carriage ; and which, perhaps, 

 owes its origin to an obfolete and forgotten 

 prad:ice, of a limilar nature, in thofe Pro- 

 vinces. 



In a general view, the Harveft Manage- 

 pient pf this piftri(n: is below that of many 

 others : neverthelefs it differs, in various 

 refpe(fts, from that of every other part of 

 the kingdom ; and certainly merits a place 

 in a regifter of the prefent ftate pf Englifti 

 Hufbandry. 



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