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Many of theſe kind of dwellings have been ere&ed by build- ing ſpeculators, as they generally(if the rents are paid) are calculáted to yield an intereſt of£{. 10 per cent. to L. 20 per cent. “The modern buildingg are chiefly of brick, and covered with ſlate; rents from one to five and ſix pounds per annum. The old cottages of the county, of which ſome are yet remaining, are of unhewn fone, or poſt and plaiſter, clay floors, and thatched roofs.

The gardens attached to ſuch cottages are found of thé greateſt utility, both for the means of healthy exerciſe they furniſh, and as enabling the cottager to raiſe a conſiderable quantity of food at a ſmall expence.

CAr MODE OF OECCURA TION:

SECT. I.— farms. N moſt townſhips* there is one farm, fſtill diftinguiſned by the name of the Old Hall, or Manor Houſe(the refi- dence formerly of the great proprietor of that diſtrict) which is of larger extent than any of the adjoining or neighbouring farms. Few of theſe farms, however, exceed 600 ſtatte acres’; many do not extend to the amount of 200. But the

Les) acres a-piecez or even ſo much only as will keep a horſe or

more general ſize of farms 1s from 50, 40, 30, down to 20

cow only; or one of theſe, as 1s moîſt convenient.

Farmers in general are charged with being ftupid, obfſtinate, ánd attached to old cuſtoms. In- this county they do not altogether merit theſe harſh accuſations— we have all our prejudices and attachments. They are, in general, a labo- rious, and certainly a moſt uſeful claſs in ſociety. MEDE hazards they have to encounter, from ſeaſons, and other cauſes, leave little room for trials of uncertain experiments, After the grain has been depolited in the earth, the ground being previouſly prepared to receive’ it, in the moſt huſband

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* The pariſhes of Lancaſhire are again ſubdivided into-townſhips- D 2 an