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General view of the agriculture of the county of Somerset : with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the year 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By John Billingsley, Esq; ... and now re-printed with considerable additions and amendments, .. / John Billingsley
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20 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

which a profit of two pounds per hed was made between the months of April and November. Encouraged by this ſucceſs, and flattering himſelf with the proſpect of ſimilar profit, he purchaſed the next year one hundred head; but others following his example, he, to bis great mortification, found that, inſtead of profit, he ſuffered a loſs of nearly one hundred pounds.

From theſe premiſes, may it not be fairly inferred, that the inclofing and dividing of commons, even in caſes where the plough cannot prudently be introduced, are beneficial both to the individual and the public; as the owner can then ap- portion his ſtock to the quantity and quality of his land, and can have them at all times under his eye? But of this ſub- je& more by and by.

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The Mendip hills are famous for their mines, particularly of lead and lapis calaminaris. The former are nearly ex- hauſßted, or at leaſt the deep working is ſo incumbered with water, that little can be done, and in all probability millions in value may remain concealed in the bowels of this moun- tain,‘till ſpirit enough be found in the country to perforate it by cutting a level, or audit, through its baſe, namely, from Compton-Martin to Wookey-Hole.*

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# A plan ſimilar to this has been talked of in a general way for ſe- veral years paſt, but no regular ſyftem has been formed. It might eventually prove highly produdtwve to the adventurers; and, whether taken in a provincial or national view, be of great utility, The riſk is certainly ſmall, the advantage poſlbly great. But there are many con- comitant circumſtances which call for mature deliberation and able di- geſtion 5 ſuch as the conſent of the proprietors of land, the authority of Parliament, compenſation to the owners of pitches already made agreeable to the laws of the foreſt, the incorporation of a companys the appointment of a treaſurer, clerk, manager, committee,&c- Tt will alſo, moſt probably, be expe&ed by the proprietors of land, that

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