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in degree by gradation, until it may be 

 difficult to pronounce whether they are 

 xvet or dry : And the fpontaneous growths 

 intermix in the fane manner; but the above 

 charadteriftics are to be underftood as mark- 

 ing principally the nature of the land. 



All the fcone hitlierto difcovered is of a 

 very foft gritty nature, that cuts eaiier than 

 wood : No lime-ftone. 



The experimental knowledge of the na- 

 ture of thele foils is yet but in its infancy : 

 The moor-fide farmers have done fcarce any 

 thing; but another fource of fome valuable 

 information muft not be overlooked. 



A thin feam of coal is found under thefe 

 extenfive waftes and wilds. Mr, Danby has 

 a colliery upon the ^A^^ of his moors, which 

 employs many hands. The cottages of the 

 colliers, are fcattered about at no great 

 diftance. Each had at firft a fmall garden, 

 which, from the great forefight and refined 

 politicks (for I can give the condud: no 

 other name) of their landlord, grew into 

 Jittle farms. 



Miners in general, I might almoil fay 

 univerfally, are a moil tumultuous, flrady 

 fet of people, greatly impatient of controul, 

 very infolent, and much void of common 



induftry. Thofe employed in the lead 



mines of Craveriy and in many colleries, 



can fcarcely, by any means, be kept to the 



performance of a regular bufmefs ; upon the 



S 3 leaft 



