p6 RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF" 



lands fubje(!^edto aration are not ftriklngly 

 foul ; nor do they appear, fuperficially , to 

 be greatly in want of tillage. 



Neverthelefs, one who has been aecuf- 

 tomed to the more fertile parts of Norfolk, 

 of the Midland Counties, and of other fer- 

 tile and well cultivated Diflrids, — and to 

 obferve, in the autumnal months, the 

 plenty which everywhere prefents itfelf, 

 — the fpacious barn, and well ftored rick 

 yard, with herds and flocks feen in every 

 diredlion,' — is ftruck with the apparent de- 

 ficiency of produce, whether of corn or of 

 cattle, in travelling over the South Hams, 

 at the fame feafon. 



This apparent deficiency, is no doubt, 

 in a "confiderable degree, owing to the 

 fmalinefs of the farms, and to the farm- 

 il:eads being much fecluded in the vallies. 

 But iimilar appearances are obfervable, in 

 the fairs and markets of the Diftrid. And 

 I am of opinion^ that its produce, at prefent, 

 is far from being adequate to its natural 

 advantages. 



Viewing the Diftrid: of the South Hams, 

 'and its present state of husbandrv, 



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