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breed; for to nothing elfe cari the fupe- 

 riority be attributed ; The rent of the foil 

 is only 6 d. an acre different from that 

 of iqs. to 1 5 x. profit, and the flocks 

 are even larger ; fo that it can only be 

 the breed that gives fuch a fuperiority of 

 profit. 



It is fuch extenfive tracls of the king- 

 dom being flocked with fuch bad kinds 

 of fheep, that reduces the general ave- 

 rage profit to fo low as 1 o s. a head ; 

 the average fleece to 5 lb. and the price 

 to $ib~\. In this general light the evil 

 appears ftrongly ; for we find the me- 

 dium lefs by more than half, to what it is 

 in particular dittri&s not peculiarly happy 

 in foil. 



Before I conclude, I mud: take notice 

 of one circumftance in the minutes, of 

 particular importance, which is, the a- 

 mazing fuperiority of wool and profit in 

 inclofed countries to open ones. It is 

 very remarkable, that every one of the 

 places minuted in the fcales of profit, 

 from 1 o s. upwards, are all in inclofed 

 countries. And one or two minutes of 

 comparifon prove the fame thing. About 

 Hag/ey, the profit in inclofed grounds 

 is 1 1 x. but in open ones only 2 s. 3 d. 

 which is a prodigious difference. About 



Bendf- 



