lO SOIL. 



GOOD SAND. 



At Great Dunham the soil is very fine land, and pn)- 

 duces great crops. But in Little Dunham is some of the 

 finest land I have any where seen : the crops immense ; 

 yet, if possible, inferior to the texture and appearance of 

 the land. The herbage of the leys of a deep hue, that 

 speaks their nourishment. 



AlontT the coast, from Holkham, westward, towards 

 Hunston, there is a trad between the marshes and the 

 sand, from half a mile to a mile broad, of a singu- 

 larly fertile sandy loam : it has tenacity sufficient to 

 adhere into clods easily broken, and to produce great 

 crops of vegetables demanding the richest soils ; at the 

 same time it has that dryness and friability which renders 

 it excellent turnip-land. It may let at about 20s. an acre ; 

 whoever views it will not think the rent high. 



At Burnham Westgate, some poorer sands, and chalk 

 slopes. Choseley, middling sand. Summerfield, good 

 mixed soil and sand. Thornham very good sandy loam. 

 Holm equal, and part of it superior to Thornham. Tich- 

 well is good, but has some light. Brancaster the same ; 

 and Hunston, very good. 



Fring has some light, and some middling. All these 

 parishes class as sand in general ; the basis marie or chalk. 



Snettisham, much good sand on chalk and marie, and 

 some low and strong land. Hexham nearly the same. 



At Ringsiead a quarry of marble ; the colour and veins 

 something like that of Sienna. At Snettisham, a quarry 

 belonging to Mr. Styleman, of red sand-stone, 20 feet 

 deep : it rises soft, but hardens in the air. The stables at 

 Houghton are built of it. 



Upon the sea-shore at Snettisham, Mr. Styleman has 



a large 



