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however, there was a fall of rain ; the cabba- 

 ges fet, took rootj and grew furprifmgly well : 

 but to my great mortification oats came up 

 thicker by four to one than ever they were fown* 

 And what was ftill more aftonifhing, the oats 

 which then made their appearance were Tarta- 

 rian oats, a fort which do not fhell half fo much 

 as fome other kinds. I could not, when my 

 oats were mown, perceive the fmalleftlofs, nor 

 were they over-ripe. This circumftance made 

 me ruminate upon the great lofs there muft be 

 fuftained when oats appear, as is frequently the 

 cafe, thicker on the land after cutting than 



when they firfl: come up after fowing. When 

 we fow oats, the land is feidom fufficiently pul- 

 verifed to receive the feed in a proper manner: 

 confequenrly, there muft be more fown than 

 neceffary if it were depofited as it ought to be, 

 fo that every feed tuat is fown fhould vegetate. 

 This tand having been fown, when in wheat, 

 with rye-grafs, was ten times thicker with rye- 

 grafs than with oats : on the whole, that part 

 was a complete fward. This land having fuch 

 numbers of different plants to feed, I feared my 

 cabbages would thrive but poorly ; but they 



did 



