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grazing Dlllrlcft. Except fome of the 

 lands of Mylton Abbots, Lamerton and 

 Taviftock, and thefe are confined within a 

 narrow compafs, the foil is too weak for 

 grazing. Its lands, in general, are better 

 adapted to the purpofe of bringing cattle 

 forward, for aftergrafs, turneps, or oilcake, 

 than for finifliing them for market. 



A peculiarity of pra6:ice in the slaugh- 

 tering OF CATTLE, in tliis Diftrid:, mufh 

 not be left unnoticed. In moft parts of 

 the Illand, it is cuftomary for butchers to 

 bleed calvf^s, previouily to their being 

 killed. And a fimilar cuilom prevails, 

 here, with refpecfl to bullocks. Enquiring, 

 of an experienced and intelligent butcher, 

 the motive for fo extraordinary a prad:ice, 

 he gave a fatisfadtory anfwer. It affifts in 

 giving that delirable brightnefs of colour, 

 which attrads the ey^, in purchaling beef 

 on the fliambles ; and what is of much 

 more advantage to the purchafer, it makes 

 the beef keep better* in warm or clofe 

 weather ; fo that it operates as an advan- 

 tage, both to the buyer and the feller -,\nd 

 it is highly probable, that, in the lumiaer 

 R 4 leafon. 



