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While moors are thus improved, I do not 

 much wonder at feeing fo much wafte land 

 in Northumberland. But furely the landlords 

 are ffrangely remifs, in not introducing bet- 

 ter cuftoms ; letting no tracks without their 

 being inclofed, and retraining their tenants 

 from exhaufting the foil by continued crops ; 

 obliging them, at the fame time, to lay it 

 down to grafs, in a given manner: But this 

 muft be done by practifing fuch methods 

 themfelves, that the fuccefs may juftify the 

 propofal : If the farmers of the country are, 

 neverthelefs, backward in following fuch ex- 

 amples, men of large eftates can well afford 

 the importation of others, from counties 

 whole cultivators are more informed. 



It is Very melancholy to ride through fuch 

 vaftly extenfive tracks of uncultivated good 

 land, as are found in every part of this coun- 

 ty : And it is equally unfortunate, that fo 

 many men of fubftance, in the farming wav, 

 mould tread perpetually in the beaten route, 

 and hire land, in fo many parts of England, 

 at an enormous rent, while fuch quantities 

 are to be had almoft for nothing. This is truly 

 the cultufque habititfque locqrum prtedtfcere. 



Glenwelt. I remain yours, &c; 



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