318 MANURES. ai; 



puEL and MANURE ; the afhes being confi- 

 dered as equivalent to the expence of col- 

 lecting the materials. 



Marl 

 is not found in quantity, as a fojfil^ either in 

 the Vale or Morelands. The only marl 

 which has been uled as a manure is a produce 

 oi petrifa£Iion. This marl and the fountain 

 from whence it flows are noticeable. 



The waters of "Newton-dale-well" 

 have Ion? been celebrated for their virtues in 

 cold-bathing ; and for (Irengtheningthe limbs 

 of children they are, 1 believe, celebrated jufl- 

 ]y. An anniverfary relative to thefe waters has 

 been obferved time immemorial, and is ftill 

 obferved by the neighbouring youth, who 

 meet at this fpring upon fome certain Sun- 

 day in the fummer months to bathe; and — 

 a poetic mind would add, — to celebrate the 

 virtues of the water. 



The fituation of this fpring is Angularly 

 wild and romantic : the country on every 

 fide mountainous and barren, excepting the 

 narrow dale, or cultivated chafm, near the 

 head of which the fpring is fituated. 



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