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 plan ; and mod of the wet ones upon an- 

 other. The foil of both is various ; but 

 the general predominancy is the • black 

 earth; which is very porous, and loofe, 

 burns well j and is found to various depths. 

 I do not call it peat, becaufe it is quite 

 different from thefouth country peat. The 

 fpontaneous growth is in general ling, 

 called heath in the fouth : the growth of 

 which, is an index to the natural fertility 

 of the foil. In fome places, this black 

 earth is mixed with a white fandy grit, 

 which is reckoned a bad fign. The other 

 foil, of which the moors confifl:, is a fine 

 light, found, dry loam, of various depths, 

 called in the north White Land -, the fpon- 

 taneous growth, whins, and ferns, this 

 land is excellent; equal to much that is let 

 in cultivated countries for 1 5 s. an acre. 



Before I proceed to further particulars, 

 it will be proper to mention fome general 

 notions common in the north, concerning 

 the improvement of moors. There are 

 two parties, one infifts that moors cannot 

 be profitably improved : the other not 

 only avers the contrary, but prove their 

 aflertion by bringing into culture va- 

 rious tracts ; but the number cf thefe, I 



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