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crop. At Cottingham they plant a great 

 quantity of potatoes, chiefly for Hull mar- 

 ket ; their foil is a rich loam, or a mixed 

 clay ; lets at 3 /. an acre ; 70 or 80 pecks 

 of fetts plant an acre of land, and they 

 reckon the return upon a medium at ten 

 for one, or from 700 to 800 pecks ; the 

 price from 4 d. to 6 d. a peck. They hoe 

 them feveral times according to the quan- 

 tity of weeds, but never before they are 

 upf. 



At and about a farm colled Hottenprice, 

 belonging to Mr. Ellerker, adjoining to 

 Cottingham^ I remarked a peculiar kind of 

 foil, which is found very troublefome to 



cul- 



A rood of feven yards in length, and one in 

 depth, takes three waggon loads of ftone, the 

 digging of which is, — — 1 s. 6 d. 



Workmanfhip, — — 36 



Chipping and pointing, — 49 

 In a wood where there was once only a paltry 

 ftream, Sir George has made a beautiful lake, 

 and iniiead of being totally open to every wind, 

 he has difpofed on all fides numerous and thriv- 

 ing plantations. 



■f At this place Mr. Watjon has a pleaiurc- 

 ground, which is very well worth feeing •, it 

 confifts of fhrubberies with winding walks, and 

 the imitation of a meandring river through the 

 whole. The grafs plot in front of the houie fur- 

 rounded with ever-greens and fhrubs, with a 

 Goi-hic bench on one fide, is very pretty, and the 

 7 clumps 



