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is varied with mixtures of clay, loam, and some- 

 times a good vegetable mould upon a reddish 

 argillaceous bottom, constituting a medium 

 between the two extremes; this latter species 

 is supposed rather to exceed the inferior classes 

 in quantity, and with a moderate degree of 

 careful husbandry will yield the farmer pretty 

 fair returns. In the western part of the pro- 

 vince, although the variety is nearly as great as 

 in the other, in its nature it is ver}^ superior; 

 the sort most esteemed is a composition of fine 

 rich loams, both a yellow and a bluish colour, 

 with a good black earth, forming a soil, that in 

 the country is supposed to be endued with the 

 greatest share of fertilizing properties of any of 

 the natural classes ; and of this sort consists the 

 chief portion of land in the western division ; 

 the remaining part is always above mediocrity ; 

 in fact, it may be fairly asserted, that through 

 the whole of North America, or indeed in many 

 other countries, it will be difficult to meet with 

 land more inviting to form new settlements 

 upon, or where it is already cultivated, capable 

 of being made more generous and productive 

 by the introduction of an improved system of 

 husbandry. Its superiority over the contiguous 

 districts of the United States is fully manifest 

 by the readiness with which American families 

 in considerable numbers have, for years past, 



