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gravels are from five to eight inches deep, with a ſubſoil of rocky gravel or ſand. There aré other ſoils, called Gravel, in the. lower part of this diſtri&, which are æ mixture of the ſmall pieces of Kentiſh rag, ſand, and Jloams the ſmall particles of ſtone predominating, SIVE it the title of Gravel, This ſort produces, when well cultivated,- good crops of turnips, oats, clover, and wheat. i

The ſandy parts of this diſtri& are in general very poor, being moſtly of the black ſort, and are chiefly found on commons and heaths, There are ſome how- ever in cultivation, which produce excellent turnips and corn.

Hafſſock, or fone- ſhatter, is a ſoil, the ſurface of which 1s a mixture of ſandy loam, with a great portion of ſmall pieces of light coloured Kentiſh ragſtone. It is from fix inches to a foot or two deep; the ſubſoil a ſolid rock of fone. This land produces great quantitics of hops, apples, cherries, filberts; and likewiſe good tur- nips, potatoes, ſeeds, and corn; alſo much excellent hay on old graſs lands, j

Pinnock. This land is very bad to till, and extremely poor. It is a ficky red clay, mixed with ſmall ſtones; but although it is deemed poor for cultivation of grain, Nc, yet it produces very fine cheſnut-wood, and filberts likewiſe grow well upon it. This ſort of land alſo lies upon the rock,

The Coomby ſoil of Weſt Kent is an extreme fi moift clay, mixed with ſones and flints of different ſorts. It ploughs ſo heavy as always to require ſix horſes, and ſometimes, when dry and hard, eight are neceſlary 5 even then, frequently not more than half an acre is ploughed in a day. This ſort of land is found in the : parts