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viewed many Inclofures taken by fuch from 

 the moors, that have evidently, and ac- 

 cording to the accounts of the farmers 

 themfelves, yielded a moft extraordinary 

 profit. 



I fhall therefore venture, on the furefl 

 grounds, to afTert, that any gentleman who 

 poflefies moors, may with the utmoft 

 fafety confider them as highly improvable. 

 I fliall proceed to fpecify the various 

 methods of completing their improve- 

 ment. The firft of which, is the erection 

 of the proper buildings. 



In this refpecl, no eftates are compar- 

 able to the moor ones for flone, flate 



and lime, are to be had in moft of them 

 without any extraordinary trouble or ex- 

 pence, being raifed on the fpot : thefe are 

 advantages which reduce the price of 

 {juilding to a degree incredible in the fouth 

 of England. 



Stone is every where fo plentiful in the 

 moors, that the appearance of it is one 

 among many other reafons of larger trails 

 not being improved : for the ftones have 

 fuch a tremendous appearance, that they 

 frighten people from the improvements. 



Where 



