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do, who follow their wheat with fo many 

 crops of fpnngcorr , that their foil is prefent- 

 ly exhausted. If turnips are had, dung is 

 gained, and the land in order, which paves the 

 way to every thing elfe. Too much cannot 

 be faid in praife of this undertaking of Lord 

 Shelbnrne's. An opening is made by it, to a 

 new field in hufbandry, which 1 forefee may 

 prove of infinite confequence to the kingdom 

 in general. Mr. Vancover being acquainted 

 with feveral modes of improvement in Eng- 

 land, and perfectly verfed in the Norfolk huf- 

 bandry, is placed with great judgment where 

 he can exert both. Perhaps I was the better 

 pleafed with this improvement from being in- 

 ftrumental hi procuring his lordfhip the perfon 

 who is executing it. Near this place is a farm 

 of 1 50 acres, and 1 500 bog, to be let on a 

 leafe for ever, at 130I. a yeatv 



Went from Rathan to the Glebe, a lodge 

 belonging to Dean Coote, and from thence to 

 Shaen cattle, near Mount-mellick, his refi- 

 dence ; patted near large tracts of mountain, 

 wafte and bog j and not far from a great range 

 of the bog of Allen, Saw but little good 

 corn j they were burning fome boggy bottoms 

 in order to fallow for bere ; but it fhould be 

 for turnips. 



For the following particulars I am indebted 

 to the o! Hging attention of the dean. About 

 Shaen eaftle farr^.s of 40 or 50 acres are very 

 common, fome few rife to 3 or 400. The foil 



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