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fize when three years old: confequently there 

 is little gain. 



If I wanted to (lock the Fen, I fhould prefer 

 doing fo without having a right ; for, by apply- 

 ing to one of the Fen fhepherds, he would take 

 a decent number at a cheap rate, I have kr ow n 

 men have flock in the Fen who had neither 

 houfe nor land in the county. A Fen fhep- 

 herd will render the qualified man's right of 

 little value; and, whilft he will aflifl in driving 

 away flock legally put on the common, he will, 

 if properly fee'd, be particularly careful of the 

 property of flrangers. Now, were this com- 

 mon inelofcd, it would produce an incredible 

 quantity of corn, to the great benefit of the 

 country at large : ic would feed a vafl number 

 of cattle ; and it would alfo afford employment 

 for a number of perfons who now follow little 

 bufinefs but that of thieving. 



The draining of the fwamps in fo large a 

 trad of flat country is a matter of the utmofl 

 importance in refpecl to the health of the inha- 

 bitants : and the neceffary dividing of the 

 land (fuppofing the whole to be inclofed) would 

 by ditches nearly effect the purpofe, and do it 



effectually 



