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LETTER IX, 



ROM Kirkleatham^ I took the road to 

 Rich?7wndy byway oi Scorton: Through 

 Cl^dand the land continues very good, 

 lets from igj-. to 25/. an acre; farms fmall, 

 but the houfes all well built of brick and 

 tile. Acrofs the country, to Scorfon^ it grows 

 lighter, and falls fomewhat in rent, the 

 average from 7 j. to 1 8 j-. About the lafl 

 place the foil is of feveral kinds. There 

 is much gravel — loamy gravel — ftrong 

 loam — clayey, wet, fpringy land, that will 

 yield no corn till drained. Rents rife from 

 IGJ". to 1 5 J. an acre for the gravels; and 

 from 5 J", to loj. for the clays. The fr-rms 

 are from 30 /. to 100/. a year. The courfes 

 jtire, for gravels, 



1. Turnips 3. Clover 



2. Barley 4. Maflin. 



Another : 



