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CHAP. VL 



ENCLOSING. 



THE number of parliamentary enclosures tliat have 

 taken place of late years in Norfolk, and the remarkable 

 improvements which were known to have flowed from 

 them, made it an obje61: of considerable importance to 

 ascertain the result, as far as it could be procured by visit- 

 ing the respecflive places, or obtaining information from 

 the Commissioners, or other persons interested in the 

 work thus effected. With this view I visited many of 

 them, and gained the best intelligence to be procured 

 concerning the rest. The following alphabetical table 

 contains the result of these inquiries, with such additions, 

 not immediately relative to enclosing, as circumstances 

 induced my attending to. 



ACLE, 1797. 



Quantity. — About 350 acres of common, 300 of it grass ; 

 the great objedl laying lands together: no half-year land. 



Rent. — Now 20s. and upwards. 



Corn. — Increased. 



Sheep. — None before, nor at present : not 100 in the 

 parish. 



Cowi. — The same ; but few \ they might keep more : 

 perhaps more bullocks. 



Course. — Now, i. Turnips; 2. Barley; 3. Seeds, one 

 year ; 4. Wheat ; 5. Barley or oats ; a middling crop of 



barley, 



