OBSERVATIONS ON GRASSES. 38$ 
by converting fome rich jpot 'near the houfe, 
that has conftantly been manured, and of courfe 
Is full of graffes fitter for the dairy or the ftable 
than for deer, which hardly ever is the cafe of 
large parks. No man will, i fuppofe, pretend 
to make good pork from a hog fed with 
grains inftead of peas, tho* he has the liberty of 
choofing as much ground as he pleafes, and 
where he pleafes. 
This grafs is called in many counties rye grafs. 
It were to be wiflied that the old name might 
prevail, becaufe there is a genus of grafs, viz. the 
2 2d. known by the name of rye all over the 
kingdom, of which genus there is a fpecies that 
ought to bear the fame generical name. 
ADDITION. I have fince eaten venifon out 
of a large park , where there was much of this 
grafs, and it wets no better than that out of the 
paddock. I fhould be apt to think from hence that 
this grafs would not he proper for fheep, as i have 
always obferved that the fame kind of ground which 
yeilds good venifon yields alfo good mutton. For 
what particular ufes it is good , wants to be tryed % 
whether for the dairy , for fatting cattle , or for 
horfes . Many are tempted by the facility of pro * 
curing the feed of this grafs to lay down grounds 
near their houfes , where they want to have a fine 
