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€ down upon the ſhore: and ſo great is the loſs of land TABOO NER Parts at omeUmes nen acre las “ ſunk down in one maſs from that height, upon the ſea- ‘ ſhore below. Some farms have loſt many acres within atheſeifewr years? Hafted’s Kent.

About four-fifths of this-iſland conſiſts of graſs land, of two ſorts; namely, marſh- land and upland paſture: the former has a very liberal ſhare of rich and good fatting land; but great part of the latter is very poor breeding land, that will hardly ſupport an ewe and an half per acre. Mofßſt of the arable land is exceedingly fertile in wheat and beans, eſpecially towards the north fide, in the pariſhes of Minſter and Laßt Church.

“ The incloſures on the hills are ſmali, and are ſur- rounded with thick hedge rows of elm: and the whole of the country is exceedingly pleaſant in fine weather, being interſperſed with hill and dale, and frequent houſes and cottages. The roads throughout the iſland

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‘t are very good all the year, owing to the great plenty

of gravel and beach, and but little wear in it. The proſpeëts are very pleaſing and extenſive on every fide

«e There is hardly any coppice-wood throughout the Ceo SDE E E furze grounds and

buſhy ſhaws on the hill, which afford ſhelter for many Chartes anda fey Pheaſants and partridges, Good freſh 44

water 1s very ſcarce in moſt Parto ther andi bes tween BaſtiChurel and Minſter therelarer a few ſprings, and notwithſtanding they riſe very near the ſea, the water is perfeAly good and freſh. << Mheaîr 1s very thick, and much ſubje& to noxious vapour, ariſing from the vaſt quantity of marſhes in and near ît, which makes it very unwholeſome: inſo- much, that few people of ſubſtance live in it, eſpeci- B 4“ally