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prodlgioufly beneficial in fuch undertake 

 ings as I am at prefent recommending, 

 Raifing new edifices in the fouth of Eng^ 

 /andy is fo expenfive a work, that it alone 

 prevents many improvements of a very 

 important kind : in the north the cafe is 

 thus widely different : is it not therefore 

 aftonifhing,that landlords, who pofTefs fuch 

 uncommon advantages, fliould be in ge- 

 neral fo backward in improving ? There 

 are many houfes, and offices to fifiall farms 

 in thefe countries, that are raifed complete 

 of flone and flate for 50 /. containing all 

 the buildings to a whole farni. 



Next to the article of building, comes 

 that of inclofing j and the fame ftones that 

 are fo highly advantageous in the one cafe, 

 are equally beneficial in the other. The 

 ftones, whether of the grit or lime fort, 

 form the walls of the inclofures, the mofl 

 cheap and durable fence in the world j 

 efpecially the grit ones, which rive in 

 thicker and larger flakes than the lime- 

 ftone ; and from the rough grittinefs of 

 the furface, hangs better together. The 

 total expence of walling, including the 

 cutting, carrying, and laying the ftones, 

 is jj-. 6 d, fer rood, of 7 yards in length, 



