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be caught, when he always sought [T. II. p. 55], his 

 safety behind some twig, or down in the earth, when any- 

 one chased him, but directly one again became quiet, he 

 ' crope,' krop, through the hole into his house, advanced 

 to the opening to see whether any further danger was 

 brewing, or if all was quiet. I sometimes tore their house 

 asunder, when they commonly, after one or two days, 

 had it ready again. 



Svin. In Kent the farmers generally have no more 

 pigs than they require for their own use, so that they 

 seldom come to sell any of them ; but in and near London, 

 the Distillers keep a great many, often from 200 to 600 

 head, which they feed with the lees, drank, and any 

 thing that is over from the distillery : and after these 

 animals have become fat enough, they are sold to the 

 butcher at a great profit. 



In the same way, and with the same object, a great 

 number of pigs are kept at starch factories, which are fed 

 and fattened on the refuse of wheat, when the starch is 

 manufactured. The house where the swine are kept, is 

 cleaned and washed every day. 



Akrar, Hvete, Korn, etc. Arable fields, Wheat, 

 Barley, etc. Several old and enterprising farmers in this 

 district, told me that when the arable fields are well pre- 

 pared one can get a return from wheat of 20 times the 

 grain, and sometimes a little more, but the fields must 

 then be well managed. Similarly they can get 20 times 

 the grain from Barley, on a well-cultivated field. The 

 kind of crop is changed yearly [T. II. p. 56] viz., when 

 the fields have lain one summer fallow, they are sown 

 either with wheat or turnips, after that with Beans, then 

 with Barky, or Oats. The fallow fields are commonly 

 ploughed three times during the summer ; if they go so 

 far, they are ploughed 4 times, and harrowed and rolled 

 between each ploughing. Chalk is also used here for 



