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2 farms 

 loco acres fheep-walk 



30 labourers 



34 horfes 



30 oxen 



46 cows 

 1 150 Iheep. 

 From Woollcr I turned afide to go up Che- 

 viot Hill, whofe towering head invited me 

 to the profpec~t, which I could not but fup- 

 pofe he muft command. The height of this 

 mountain is prodigiously great, and the view 

 from it on all fides moil extenfive. I faw 

 Gate/head Fell, near Newcaftle, at the dif- 

 tance of fifty-five miles, and feveral objects 

 in Scotland, beyond Edinburgh, as I was told. 

 Between Wooller and Rothbury, and alfo 

 between Alnwick and Rothbury, are vail 

 tracks of mountainous moors: Indeed, all the 

 latter fifteen miles are absolutely uncultivat- 

 ed, except half a mile of inclofed valley a- 

 bout half way : The ling in vafi tracks, 

 high, thick, and luxuriant, and the foil a 

 fine light loam : In fome places black, but 

 every where deep. I do not conceive that 

 there is an acre of it, but what might 

 be made, at a fmall expence, worth' 8 or 

 10;. for ever. What a field for improve- 

 ment! What a noble fource of riches and 

 population ! How much is it to be regret- 

 ted, that fuch extenfive tracks of land fhoufd 

 remain in fuch a defolate condition, whilfl 



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