6 SOIL. 



Floidon, very fine rich land, being a strong loam oti 

 marie; Mr. Dawks, of Wrcnningham, has an immense 

 crop of wheat, dibbled on clover lev. At Flordon, some 

 land of the finest quality, deep, friable, and putrid. All 

 good and strong land to Stiatton ; thence to near Harling 

 (about which town tlicre is some li<^htcr land), by Wac- 

 ton and the Pulhams, all strong land on clay niarle: clover 

 sown alone, a regular plant, and good; and a scattering 

 of beans from Wymondham to Harleston, sufficient to 

 shew (if this proof were wanted) what the soil is. 



I met witli few farmers in Norfolk who admitted that 

 fern was a sign of good land ; as 1 have an entire con- 

 vi6lion that it is an excellent sign, 1 was pleased to hear 

 Mr. Bloomfield, the brother of the gentleman who 

 lives at Billingford, observe, in riding over a heath in that 

 parish, on my asking why they did not plough it — " this 

 pait, where there are brakes, would pay well; but some 

 of it is poor." 



Thelton, Rushel, Billingford, and to the back of Need- 

 ham, are very wet and strong, as mucli so as any parts 

 of Norfolk. 



Earsham hundred has much mixed good land, some 

 sharp gravel, and much heavy wet clay. 



Diss hundred, good, though strong and wet. Rent 

 15s. to 20s. 



Depvsade has much strong land, but little meadow ; 

 nearly equal, however, to Diss. 



The Pulhams are wet and heavy, and contain much 

 pasture. Mr. Donne's farm is broken up. 



In Loddon hundred, Langley, Mendham, and Seeth- 

 ing, strong land, but good ; greatly improved by hollow- 

 draining. At Langley, all I viewed, except the marshes, 

 is a very fine and fertile sandy and gravelly loam ; in vari- 

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