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and induftrious fubje6ts; — this was effeded 

 by Mr. Danby^ and without the violence of 



a Sixtus : he planned with the fagacity 



of a Mac/jidvel, and executed with the hur 

 inanity of a 'Trajan. 



But to return to the point in queftion. 



Looking over fome of the fields of thefe 

 colliers, and afking them after their pro- 

 duds, I found they all break up their land 

 by paring and burning, and fow turnips 

 upon it ; fometimcs raifmg them as large as 

 a man's head ; Oats the next crop, of 

 which they get from 40 bufhels upwards ; 

 66 builiels have been gained from half an 

 acre: 120 bufhels of potatoes they fre- 

 quently raife upon the very worft land. 

 Thev iikewife fow wheat, D^e, and maflin, 

 and get very good crops. But all lay down 

 to grafs as foon as proper. They lime it 

 well. Mr. Danby is at the expence of wal- 

 ling in any quantity of the moor in fields 

 contiguous to their farms, provided all their 

 former land is well cultivated. They have 

 it feveral years for nothing, but afterv/ards 

 pay a trifting rent, that they may not grafp 

 at more than they can cultivate after their 

 day's work in the mines is over. 



The beft intelligence I gained was of 

 'James Crofts one of the colliers. But this 

 man deferves a more particular attention. 



Thirteen years ago he began his huf-^ 



bandry by taking an acre of moor, which 



2 he 



