1806. ] Agricultural Report.—Naturalift' s Report. 594 
The Gazette of June 12, contained a Proclamation, authorifing British veffels, or veffels 
belonging to States in amity with his Majeity, to enter the ports of the Cape of Good Hope,» 
and trade with that fettlement, fubjeé to the rules and regulations in ferce, before or at the 
‘time of its capture, or which may be eftablifhed by his Majefty, viz. that no geeds, the yrowthy 
produce, or manufacture of countries to'the Eaftward, are to be imported into the fettlement, 
except by the Eaft India Company, or exported thence, except for fea ftores, or by the Eat 
India Company. Nothing to exiend to prevent thips employed in the South Whale. Fithery, 
from carrying on the fame as before. No arms, gunpowder, or ammunition to be imported 
into the fettlement but by the Eat india Company, or by letters from his Majesty. 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
“PRE drynefs of the weather in the preceding month has been favourable to the craps of 
Wheat, efpecially to thofg on cold moift lands; but the {pring Corn, the late fown, and 
the Pé&s and Beans in particular, have been much in wane of retrefhing fhowers. The garden 
crops for market have allio fuffered much,—Wheat averages throughout England and Wales, 
84s. ;—Barley, 37s 4d, ;—Oats, 28s. 7d. ; Beans, 4¥s. 5d ;—-Peas, 40s. 6d. 
The Clovers which are now mowing, or nearly veady for the fcythe, do not in penerad 
prove heavy crops; thefe as well as the winter Tares having wanted rain to accelerate their 
growth, yield a heavy fwath. ats | 5; 
The Paftures alfo begin to fuffer much; and the Meadows, except thofe in low mvit fitua- 
tions, are not likely to produce more than three-fourths of a crop. * 
The making of Hay is finithed, or nearly fo round the metropolis, in the beft condition, 
and of excellent quality; but the bulk is much inferior to the crop of laft year. In St. 
James’s market, Hay fetches from 31. to 41. 18s. 5-——Straw, from 11. 19s. to 2h. 14s. 
The Fallows, both for Wheat and Turnips, have been well plowed and tharrowed 3 the 
weather having been javourable fer fuch work, and having reduced foils the mof foul and 
obftinate to a mellow and kindly tilth. Notwithftanding good hufbandry, the early fown 
Turnips, in many plates, have been deftroyed by the fly, and the lamds fown again, which, 
it is to be feared, mut be done on a Jarge portion of the land recently fown, if fome wet does 
not foon fall. 
The prices of lean cattle, as well as ftore Sheep were much reduced, owing to the {carcity of 
Grafs, at the late iuirs; the farmers not choofing to add to their prefent ftock, except milking 
Cows and young draught Horfes, which ill maintain good prices. “Small Pigs ror the dairy 
are in demand, and fell well; but large ftorcs are not in requeft.—In Smithfeld market, Beer 
fetches from 4s. 6d to 5s. ;—-Mutton, from 4s. to 3s. ;-and Pork, from 5s. Gd. to 6s. 
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NATURALIST’S REPORT OF THE MONTA, 
"THE Nightingales arrived this year fomewhat later chan ufual, owing to the Eafterly winds 
which prevailed during the greater paxt of the month of Apriil.. ‘hey are, however, 
now heard every night in the woody parts of tie New Foret; and allo very frequently dur- 
ing the day-time. What a barbarous tafte muff that perfon have had who (according to the 
‘relation of Aldrovandus) was fo difguited with the fong of thefe delightful birds, as to have 
all the trees in the neighbourhood of his houfe cut down, in order thatno fhelter might be 
afiorded to them! 
The fithermen have been employed in trawling Mackrel every evening fince the begin~ 
ing of May, but hitherto the fhoals have not come into the bays. They have, however, 
been at fea a few leagues from the coaft, and hopes are entertained that they will foon .ap- 
proach the fhores. : 
Ao Angel Shark (/gzalus fquatina of Linnzus), two feet long, was caught in the nets 
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about the middle of May. 
A, few evenings after the Mackrel fithing commenced this year, the fithermen, in hawling 
their nets, found them fo heavy, that confiderable fears were entertained leit they fheuld 
burft, They were filled with an immenfe quantity of a fpecies of Medyfa, or Sea Blubber, 
tothe weight of two or three tons. It is fingular, with refpect to thefe animals, that they 
always approach the coafis againft the wind. A wind from the Nerth- Eat prevailed duriag 
this time. On the following night (the wind having changed round to the Sourh-W@%), 
very few of them were caught. ‘The fifhermenh afiert that Mackrel will never approach the 
places where they are found in aty abundance, and that their appearance feldom fails to divs 
the Mackrei away. ey ea ds Zo ag SR 
~ During the feafon in which fheep are wafhed in the rivers previoufly to their béing fhorit,- 
the falmon- fithers affert that Salmon are always lefs abundant than at any other periodof the 
Summer, They account for this by afferting that thefe fith, difliking the water impregnated 
with greafe, dec. from the bodies of the fheep, generally retreat again, fora fhort time, inte 
fhe fea. > 
The dtherines are now in great abundance on the fandy fhallows along the coaft; the pre- 
fent month being that ‘a which they chiefly {fpawa. They are ufually called Smelts in the 
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