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thousands of acres, and forming part of fifteen«parislies, is all inclosed, except about 200 acres, belonging to oue of the Norwich hamlets. In Short, Mr. Editor, it your correzponds ent will give himself the trouble to ride about this county, he will not see a Single common which would answer tillage uninclosed, or uninclosing, with the exception of our g7reers, (5mall neat commons, generally with cottages Scattered around them,) which I am always vexed to See divided by new hedge r0WS,- as in their present State, they afford great comfort and convenience to tbe inhabitants on their borders, and must delight the eye of every one who can relish rural Scenery, espedially on a fine Sunday evening, when the lads and lasses turn out, the former to enjoy the athletic sport of camping, (foot-ball,)&c. the latter to exhibit their neat Sunday gowns, and blooming rural beauties, and to admire the manly exer- tion and dexterity of their Sweethearts.

So far, Mr. Editor, from our commons being permitted. to lay waste, 1 think we are a pattern to all other parts of-the kingdom, for our Spirit of inclosing; and many of them cannot do better ihan Send for Some of our active commis- Sioners,(who have alimost worked themselves out at home) our Burtons, Dugmores,&c. as they bave really had great experience, and are very' dexterous in carving a common, and helping each claimant to Such a Slice as generally satis- fies his appetite. Wuh rezpect to plougbhing, where the Soil Is naturally deep and rich, perbaps you cannot well stir it to too great a depth; but this 15 not. the case with Norfolk, the Soll of which has(if I may use the expression,) been created by the industry and ingenuity of the farmer, and whenever we go beyond the usual pitch, we are Sure to turn up a barren unproducuve Sub-Soil. Ithas been my lot to take land into my occupation pretty well stocked with twitch,(tritiicum repens) and this has perhaps made me the more partial to' Shallow ploughing, as the only means by which it is possible to era- dicate it. Land So Stocked, becomes by deep ploughing, ap- parently clear ſor a time; but the witch remains beyond the reach of the scufler and bharrows, and with the SüCCeCeding crop increases ten fold. Where the land is clean, I would take Up tothe full pitch with the first earth, for the turnip crop, but in this case[I do not think 1 Should go beyond the usual depth of ploughing in this county, and we can 3carcely quar- rel with our mode of tillage, when it allows us, both by the ac- counts of Kent and Chorographus,to exportcorn to thie ainount ot 900,000I1, per annum.

In this place it may be fair to observe, that Kentyestimates the amount of our exports, including corn, cattle, Sheep, poultry,&c. at upwards of 1,274,5211. per annum,