4 SOIL. 



part of the county, and includes soils of a very difFerenC 

 description. In the southern part of it, in Diss hundred, 

 and some adjoining ones towards Norwich, there is much 

 strong wet loam, where summer tallow and beans are 

 found ; and similar land is scatteicd in other parts ; but 

 the general feature is a good sandy loam, upon which 

 turnips come in regular course : it is an old enclosed wood- 

 land country, which would not be noted as very famous 

 for management ; nor had Norfolk attained any great 

 celebrity for her farming, from the pra£ticcs (though, 

 upon the whole, meritorious) which are found in this 

 distri<fl. The natural fertility is considerable. Marie is 

 found almost in every part. 



. It only remains to speak of the districfl of rich loam, 

 which is certainly, in point of soil, one of the finest tradls 

 of land that is any where to be seen : broads and marshes 

 occupy too much of it ; but the land, under the plough, is 

 a fine, deep, mellow, putrid, sandy loam, adhesive enough 

 to fear no drought, and friable enough to strain off super- 

 fluous moisture ; so that all seasons suit it: from texture, 

 free to work, and from chemical qualities, sure to produce 

 in luxuriance whatever the industry of man commits to its 

 friendly bosom. The husbandry is good, but by no 

 means perfe61. 



The relative contents of these distrldts arc found by mea- 

 surement to be : 



S<tuare Miles. 



Light sand, - - _ 220 



Good sand, - - _ 420 



Marshland clay, - - - 60 



Various loams, - - 900 



Rich loam, _ _ _ 148 



Peat, - - - - - 82 



1830 



Or, 



