OF KENT.

T9 parts about Seal and Wrotham, and is nearly the ſame as deſcribed under the title ot Clay,

A-fine hazel mould 1s found on the ſides of the hills,

and in the vallies, at different places throughout the whole diſtri.

THE WEALD,

The Weald of Kent has the reputation of being an entire maſs of clay; but, on examination, it is found to contain the following varieties of ſoil, namely, 1. Clay; 2. Hazel Mould; 3. Sand; 4. Ragſtone Gravel,

The clay is either fÆiff and exceedingly heavy, or a wet ſort, which ploughs ſomewhat lighter. The firſt is chiefly found on the eminences, or their ſloping ſides, The ſarface is about ſeven or eight inches deep, under which 1s a fratum of fi yellow clay, about a foot or two thick, with a ſubſoil in ſome parts of excellent marl, The ſecond ſort of clay lies in the lower parts, 1s ex=- tremely wet after ſhowers of rain, and a long time in getting dry; which often occaſions a late ſowing, and 2 backward harveſt; and frequently the wheat ſeaſon is totally loſt, The furface of this land is ſeven or eight inches deep; the ſubſoil is at ſome places a yellow clay, and at others a ſoft ſandſtone rock, which is often uſed for mending roads. Four horſes with difficulty plough an acre per day in theſe ſoils, In ſome pariſhes

bordering on Suſſex, the ploughing work 1s done by oxen; four or five pair are generally fixed to a plough, and do about the ſame quantity a day as four horſes,

The hazel mould is a clay ſoil of a drier nature, from having a conſiderable mixture of ſand; it ploughs liohts and 1s the beft land in the Weald.

Sandy ſoils are of two ſorts, black and white; the black is little regarded, but the white is much improved

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