WEST DEVONSHIRE. 187 



IV. The SOIL PROCESS is mollly that 

 which has been defcribed, under the general 

 head. Management of the Soil : 

 namely, that of cutting or tearing off the 

 fod, and burning it. But this is not inva- 

 riably the practice : fometimes the Ley is 

 broken up by a full depth plowing; which, 

 I think, is called " rotting the fpine." To 

 this fucceeds a fort of rough baftard fallowj 

 the roots and rubbifli, which harrow up, 

 being burnt, if the weather be favorable. 



V. MANURE. Formerly, SEA 'sand 

 and DUNG were in ufe. Now chiefly 

 luiME, with perhaps a fmall portion of 

 dung. The method of Liming has 

 been defcribed. See page 158. 



VI. SEED PROCESS. This is one 

 of the many operations, belonging to the 

 eflablifhed pradice of the Diflridt under 

 furvey, which have fo little refemblance to 

 the eftabliflied practice of the Ifland at 

 large, that they can fcarcely be confidered 

 as belonging to Britifli hufbandry. 



A mere Provincialifh of thp central, or 



the 



