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tappa, on the hills which was sown with Sain Foin only, 

 which, however, was now cut and carried. Those who 

 lived in this district told us that they do not sow nearly 

 as much Sain Foin in Essex as in Kent, because it will 

 not thrive there so well as in the last named district. Can 

 this be because* in Kent there are more chalk-hills and 

 chalk-valleys, kritbarg och. kritbotten, than in Essex? 

 Besides this, we saw also here and there enclosures of 

 only clover, which also was now cut and carried. Sheep, 

 Paren, were also already turned in thither to feed on 

 the sticbs. 



Bohvete. Buckwheat. Here and there appeared 

 large fields which were cropped only with Buckwheat. I 

 certainly never saw it more beautiful than here. It stood 

 now in full flower ; but had not yet set seed. The soil 

 was a dry sandy soil, torr sandmylla, full of small 

 pebblestones. 



[T. II. p. 30]. Akrar. In all the arable fields which 

 lay here on the hills, there was not a single ditch ; nor 

 were there any ' acre-mws ' except along the sides of the 

 hedges ; but these were so narrow, that no one could go 

 off them without necessarily going onto the ploughed 

 part. Each farmer had his arable fields, meadows, and 

 pastures divided off for himself without having to do with 

 others. Some enclosures were here sown with wheat, 

 others with Rye, others with Barley, Gumrik, others 

 with White Oats, others with Peas, others were lying 

 fallow. 



I did not notice anywhere on these hills that Beans 

 were ever sown except near the farms. 



The fallow fields were very well cared for, and the 

 mould on them was quite fine. 



* Yes. Sainfoin is largely cultivated on the Chalk, especially on Slopes, 

 where there is nothing but chalk soil proper. [J. L.J 



