. Clervations.

7 m 1 112 Kor remarks and additional

3. MEaDOW LANDS.

The OQuze and the Nene, are the only two rivers, which communicate with the county of Huntingdon, the former falling into it near St. Neot's, and winding through ſeveral pariſhes to Huntingdon, and from thence through ſeveral other pariſfhes into the Great Level of the fens, which it enters at or near Erith; and the latter dividing the Northern part of Huntingdonfhire from the county of Northampton. The borders of theſe rivers, are fine rich meadow land, which cannot eaſily be rendered more pro- ductive than they are, and perhaps contain about 1000

actes.

4. H. DEED STAPLED LANPS.

Beyond the Skirty lands of the fens, and the meadows above-mentioned, we come into a ſtrong fertile country, compoſed either of a deep clay, with a mixture of loom, or a deep gravelly ſoil with loom.— Great part of this land ¹s ſtill in an open field ſtate, where each particular occu- Pier, is neceſſarily tied down, to whatever courſe of tillage is purſued, by the pariſh at large. This, on the beſt of the land, is a four ycars' courſe, viz. Iſt, fallow; 2d, Wheat or barley; 3d, beans; 4th, barley or wheat; and

there are ſeven common fields in the county, which are

managed in the ſame way.

5. he EIIIN SLEAPI. ED SOILIS.

On the more ordinary land, as well in the places now under confideration, as in the ſtill leſs fertile parts of the county, a three years' courſe is uſed, viz. Iſt, fallow; 2d, wheat, or barley; 3d, beans, or oats: or, in ſome caſes, Iſt, clover; 2d, wheat; 3, beans and peaſe, or oats: where the land is fit for turnips, Iſt, turnips; 2d, barley or Wheat; 3d, Wheat, if after barley; and beans, if

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