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to be hilly, though none of the hills rise to any consider- able degree of elevation.

In point of soil this county may be divided into the three districts of 1. Sandor stone and coal land.

gravel. 2. Clay. 3. Lime-

The sand or gravel may again be conveniently divided into, 1. The Forest country, or the borders of it.. 2. The Trent Bank country. 3. The tongue of land east of Trent, running into Lincolnshire.

The forest distrié——consisting of the ancient forest, and the borders of it, of the same kind of soil, is in length(as may be seen by the map) about thirty miles, and in breadth from seven to ten, more or less in different places.

TRENT BANK LAND.

I consider as Trent bank land, the level ground accom- panying the Trent, from its entrance into the county, down to, or a little below. Sutton upon Trent, where the clay soil comes down to the riyer on the west side; and on the east, a poorer sand runs in a tongue-shape into Lincolnshire. I include: in it, likewise, the level grounds running up the river Soar, from its junction with the Trent, up to Rempston,—as the townships of Ratcliff upon Soar, Kingston, Sutton Bonington, Normanton, and Stanford; and those lying on the back of them,—as East and West Leak, Cortlingstock, and Rempston, which, though on higher ground, are much lower than the W oulds, and of a good mixed loam, convertible, and equally fit for tillage or pasture; not let at less than twenty shillings an acre through- out, taking upland and meadow together; as well as the strip of higher land, on which are the townships of East Bridge- ford, Kneeton, Flintham, and Stoke, which, though above the level of the rest, are of a mellow mixed soil, different from the clay of the vale of Belvoir, adjoining. This level is, in general, of a,mellow soil or vegetable mould, on sand or gravel, though in some places these rise to the surface, It is of different breadths; in some places, not above a mile

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