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bear, without exception, I ever faw grow out of the earth, I found in the ifland of Barra, one of the H ebrides, growing upon

a bed of thell-fand, in which, I could not

perceive the{malleft particle of earth. J] do fuppofe, that the produce would have exceeded that of the beft crop of barley J ever faw, by two quarters, at leaft, per acre. —It had been manured with fea ware.

From thefe examples, I think it is eyj- dent, that a very{mall proportion of ve- getable mould, is fufficient to render calca- reous matter a very rich{oil.—Perhaps, however, a larger proportion may be ne- ceflary when it is mixed with clay, than with fand;—as poor chalky foils feem to be of the nature of that compofition,

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t y 7 at NEKXTePXTE(ees+t= 4 At any rate, however,—from thefe ox

amples, as well.as from thofe that have oc- curred in the preceding parts of this lay, {think we may be{ufficiently authorifed z if i

; ha tor aoe co ne ee ee. to conclude, that there is no danger of eve; ] m VAbCn ea nin1ed_} Pa)> t An Aaa applying calcareous fubftances to any foi} a<’

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calcareous matters, and if it fhall be after-

watds cropped in a judicious manner.

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