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(gafily throw a fioncy fpot into the middle 

 of his improvement, as leave it on ona 

 fide, and then the buildings will be ereded 

 as it were in the midft of a quarry; the 

 advantages of which are too obvious to rer 

 quire explaining. 



' The next bufmefs is the paring an4 

 burning the whole tra6t. From various and 

 repeated intelligence, and obfervation, this 

 I am pcrfuaded is the beft method of break- 

 ing up all uncultivated lands ; and, perhaps, 

 I might add the bell of lands. The expence 

 is 1 6 J". (>d.per acre; or for the 640 acres 

 528 /. But to obviate all obje<ltions, I fhall 

 call it 20 s. per acre, or 640/. ; which great 

 allowance I make that there may be a greater 

 eommand of workmen. 



Liming comes next, which upon this 

 peculiar trad: of moors, is a very heavy ex- 

 pence; as no lime has hitherto accidentally 

 been found : I ufe that term as fearching for 

 it in a fpirited manner has never yet been 

 done : In the prefent ftate of things, lime 

 cofts 141. 6d. a chaldron, carriage included, 

 but, if brought by the cultivator's own teams, 

 would come much cheaper. Two chaldrons 

 per acre fhould be fpread with the a{)ies ; it 

 is more than the farmers ufe, and fuperior to 

 "James Croft\ annual liming, as this land is 

 not to be cropped as his was. The expence 

 of I /. 9 J-, per acre is 925 /. 



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