iE AGRICULTURAL SU RVEVY

and Brandon hills, to ſow a fortni ight earlier in the autumn,

and a fortnight later in the ſpring, than is generally recom=-

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mended in books of huſbandry or gardening.

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IL QE — DOI AMHd dur face:

OE erl E old For fertility of ſoil, and ceneral produce, this county

r their luxuriant herbage, which lutniſhes not only a ſufficiency for its own confi 1mption, but alfo a con- ſiderable ſurplus for other markets: London, Briftol, Sa- lifbury, E other parts of the kingdom, are annually fup- plied with fat oxen, f cep, and hogs, together with cyder, cheeſe, butter, an Jr many other articles, in great abundance. ]

r are the hills by any means deficient in their arable Dpro- y any

dúdions; yet it muſt be admitted, that its vicinity E the

Briſtol Channel, which fils the air with watery Vapours un-

favourable to the ripening of corn, particularlv in the weitern diſtri&s, induces a preíerence in favour Of e

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and airy huſbandry: and in conſequence thereof, y añ quan- titles_ grain are annually purchaſed from the adjacent counties of Wilts and Dorſet, to the- amount of at leaſt one hundred thouſand quarter s—by which, the coun ty would be drained of its money, were it not for the coal.

cattle,&c. which are ſent in return.

MOUNTAINS,

The ſurface of the inland parts is varied by lofty hills, rich level plains, and bold aſpiring woods. The moſt noted ‘ock ¡don and Dunkry, MUendip, Poulden,

-down, Lanſdown, White-down, and

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‘The ſoil of theſe mountains may be thus ſtated; Dzxantock,

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SC.(ſituated between the town of Taunton Zi the ſea) a thin