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other ; all which are advantages of much 

 ccnfequence, and render 9 per cent, pro- 

 fit equal to a much higher rate, fubjedt to 

 many contingencies. 



N° 4. 

 Variation the third. 



Six hundred and forty acres of muir-land^ 



i/iiprovedivith paring and burning and 



lune^ and fenced ivith ivalls. 



This trad of land I fuppofe to be, natu- 

 rally, in the ftate of moft of the muirs in 

 the north of England, and many commons 

 in the fouth : the fpontaneous growth, 

 ling ; and abounding with ftones fufficient 

 for the buildings, and alfo the walling. 



The wafte lands of this fort are immenfe- 

 ly extenfive in the north of England and in 

 Scotland, infomuch that a man who would 

 undertake the culture of fuch, might pick 

 anl chufe, in almoft every county, out of 

 many thoufands of acres. Some circum- 

 ftances wherein there arc variations muft, 

 however, be noted; for inflance, under 

 many of the muirs, limeftone is found in 

 ftratums even near the furface. In luch 

 the expencc of liming is much lefs than 

 Q where 



