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The plan I (hall purfue in this enquiry 

 will be, to calculate on three kinds of un- 

 cultivated foils. 

 L The downs, heaths, commons, warrens, 



&c. that require improvement by fencing 



with hedges and ditches, and manuring 



with marie, chalk, or clay. 



II. The muirs, heaths, commons, &c. that 

 require improvement by fencing with 

 walls, and manuring by paring and 



burning. .i^;.:-:;:! 



III. The fens, bogs, marfhes, &cc. that re- 

 quire improvement by draining. 



The reader fhould remember, that I do 

 not mean, in any part of this work, to offer 

 differtations on improvement in general ; 

 on the contrary, I confine myfelf to the 

 fmgle point of hiring and Jlocking. To 

 treat fully of the culture of thefe three 

 kinds of uncultivated foils, would alone, 

 without any mention of cultivated ones, 

 require a much greater compafs than both 

 thefe volumes. 



As improvements of this fortare relative 



chielly to common hufbandry, I {hall make 



no other diRinc):ion between a gentleman 



^nd a common farmer, than an addition, as 



6 before, 



