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fliould obferve, is fmall ; Iiowever, tlic 



very woril parts of moors have by diffe- 

 rent people been cultivated to great profit. 



Having viewed the moors throughout 

 feveral parts of England with great atten- 

 tion, as well wild as improved, I fhall 

 venture to fpeak with fome certainty ou 

 the fubjedt. 



That eveiy acre is greatly improvable, 

 cannot be aflerted — the tops of the moun- 

 tains will not yield the fame advantage 

 as the lowefl: valleys — but I fliall foon en- 

 deavour to prove, that the blackeft moun- 

 tain is fufceptibk of improvement. But 

 as to all the other parts of the moors, I 

 will venture to aflert, that more improve- 

 able land is no where to be met with : nor 

 do I ofi^r this opinion at random, but I 

 would venture my fortune on the point of 

 rendering them as profitable farms as any 

 in the world. I am convinced of this fa6l 

 — not from opinion, nor the aflertions of 

 one or two men, but from the repeated 

 experience of many very prudent as well 

 as fenfible improvers, in feveral parts of 

 lingland. And the pra6lice of many little 

 farmers adjoining the moors, proves this 

 matter likewife beyond a doubt; for I have 



viewed 



