JOURNAL 



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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



THE ARTS. 



FEBRUARYy 1806. 



ARTICLE L 



On the Caufe of Fairy Rings. In a Letter from 

 Mr. Florian-Jolly. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON. 



Ajfemhly-houfe, Laytonftone, Ejfex, 

 SIR, January 13. 



OEEING by the letter of Mr. Gough inferted in the laft The phenome- 



Number of your Journal, that the caufe of fairy-rings is not ^1^"° ^"^' 



yet agreed upon among naturalills, I beg leave to fubmit to 



their conflderation a few fafts which I had occafion to re- 



isark fome years ago, during a fummer refidence in Hamp- 



Jhire. 



The park of Broadlands, Lord Palmerfton*s feat, nearRum»Ff°d"ccdIn 

 fey, was divided into three principal inclofures, formed by fn^one"di'vifio« 

 hurdles only. One of thefe had been lately mowed; there of Broadlands 

 were cattle grazing in the next ; and the other, which had [^ o^ti^"/p"°ts^ 

 afforded winter and fpring fodder to fome horfes kept at grafs, 

 was then left to grow for an autumn crop. This lafl; exhibited 

 an immenfe number of fairy rings, fome perfedly circular, 

 fome forming irregular curves, and others nothing but fmall 



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