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124 A TOUR THROUGH
conveyed over the ice in fledges at the rate of fifteen
Englifh miles an hour,
I have often obferved in this country, though in fo
high a northern latitude, efpecially near towns, without
even the benefit of manufe, a rich natural herbage,
from whence it is obvious that grafs and tillage don’t de-
light both in the fame, climate, as i there is often very little
corm and that ofa very inferior quality, where grafs, is
both plentiful and luxuriant... As for the efculent pro-
duétions of Gardens, thefe they have neither tafte nor in-
duftry for, nor even curiofity to promote ; except indeed a
kind of turnip, which is wleful,in their foups, tobacco, and
flax, which I have oblervedein-{mall.quantities near huts
and cottages. This, I think, is the utmoft extent of
their improvements in Agriculture.
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