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amazing perfection that empire had long ago 

 attained in every part of the curious arts that 

 do not depend on defign. The earnings of 

 the people employed 2xWorceJier are various, 

 Men from 1 2 s. to 3 /. 1 5 s. a week. 

 The Labourers 6 s. and 7 j-. 

 Children 1 jr. to ^j. 

 From Worcejler I took the road to Ox- 

 ford, through a country whofe agriculture 

 is extremely various. At Perfiore I made 

 enquiries, and found that the foil is all of 

 the heavy kind, either clay or loam: Inclofed 

 lands lett from 151. to 20 j 1 . per acre. The 

 open at iox. Farms from 60/. to 150/. 

 Their courfes, 



1. Fallow 3. Beans 



•2. Barley 4. Wheat. 



A moft excellent courfe for heavy land. 



1. Fallow 3. Peafe 



2. Barley 4, Wheat. 



Aljb, 



1 . Turneps 3 . Clover, one year 



2. Barley 4. Wheat. 



This likewife excellent. The average 

 crops as foiiow : 



Of wheat twenty-five buihels. 

 Of barley twenty-four. 

 Of beans twenty-five. 

 Of peafe twenty-five. 

 They plow three times for turneps ; never 

 hoe, 1 /. 10 s. the average value. 



X 2 They 



