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 fity, I fhall here addrefs myfelf not to the 

 world at large, but to fome man of peculiar 

 fenfe and Tpirit, that has money at com- 

 mand, and is defirous of employing it to 

 the befl: purpofe on a farm in an unculti- 

 vated foil. I fuppofe him to do as every 

 one would in a fmiilar cafe, that is, exa- 

 mine many waftes, and fix where he could 

 procure the bell: foil on the moft reafonable 

 terms. 



There are many royal forefts and chafes 

 that contain vaft tracts of rich clay foils, 

 alib many commons of the fame ; but 

 none of thefe muft be fuppofed in culture, 

 as none of them can be procured. 



Heaths, downs, Iheep-walks, warrensj 

 &c. are generally of a fandy nature and 

 poor : there are exceptions, but not nume- 

 rous enough for my purpofe; for although 

 I am ftating but a fingle cafe, yet there 

 muft be obferved a probability, or it will 

 be ufelefs. 



If I was to fix on any trads of waftc 

 lands to be examined with fuch a view, I 

 Ihould name the muirs in Yorkflilre, 

 Durham, or Northumberland. Great trads 

 of them contain very bad foils ; but many 



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