l86 OBoher 1748. 



ftill pbferved by many of the inhabitants. 

 But they do not confider, that when the 

 earth is quite exhaufted, a great fpace of 

 lime, and an infinite deal of labour is 

 ileceflary to bring it again into good or- 

 der; efpecially in thefe countries which 

 are almoft every fummer fo fcorched 

 up by the exceffive heat and drought.. 

 The foil of the corn-fields confifted of a 

 thin mould, greatly mixed with a brick 

 coloured clay, and a quantity of fmall par- 

 ticles of glimmer. This latter came from 

 the ftones which are here almoft every 

 where to be met with at the depth of a foot 

 or thereabouts. Thefe little pieces of 

 glimmer made the ground fparkle, when 

 the fun {hone upon it. 



Almost all the houfes hereabouts were 

 built either of ftone or bricks ; but thofe 

 of ftone were more numerous. German- 

 town, which is about two Englijh miles 

 long, had no other houfes, and the coun- 

 try houfes thereabouts, were all built of 

 ftone. But there are feveral varieties of 

 that ftone which is commonly made ufe of 

 in building. Sometimes it confifted of a 

 black or grey glimmer, running in undulated 

 veins, the fpaces between their bendings 

 being filled up with a grey, loofe, fmail- 



grained 



