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country) been gained in the courfe of many 

 centuries from the moors ; it is a good 

 rich clay, that yields fine crops of corn and 

 grafs, but from its fituatiori is liable to be 

 overflowed in winter; lets at about 7 or 

 8 j. an acre. Thus a proprietor has as 

 much land as he thinks proper ; but then 

 the expence of digging away the turf is 

 more than the land is worth, for a man 

 feldom cuts above four fquare yards a day ; 

 they give it to the poor for their cutting 

 and taking away. 



The improvement of fuch land is a very 



dubious point: To view the moor, any 



perfon would think it totally incapable of 



any; but I mull own myfelf of a different 



opinion. In the front of the piece, I viewed 



where the men were cutting the turf; I 



obferved a trench was cut on each fide, 



and acrofs lh- moor, around a fquare piece 



againft the field already cleared ; this trench 



was not above two feet deep, and yet its 



effect in draining was very flriking ; we 



could walk very firmly within this trench, 



but nn the outfide of it not without danger 



of being fwallbwed up ; and although I 



could fcarcely perceive any growth upon 



or in general, yet this drained part 



covered with ling of a luxuriant 



which is a fufficient proof that 



oukl not only be very advan- 





