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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1793 Excerpt: ... the mansions of (-) See Wliitakcr's Manchester. (i) " Btlga: flerilcm et montosum ilium terra traBum--Exmoor--in accidents, invadere vel subigere volujffe, nuttam vcri fpeciem prase serf, fed tantum cigri Somersetenjis MlarH in occidente vallem, qua Us, citra mantes ad Dunstar usque pertinent, omni fere avo grata, salubris et jucunda suit, agricolaque-veto respondent." Musgrave, from whom this passage is taken, judges of Exmoor, in the British Period, fiom its appearance at the present day: But this judgment js erroneous. (c) See the IVth Section. os their chiefs, and near their farm-houses, we can hardly avoid giving them credit for every comfortable accommodation. Whilst the house was guarded by the British mastiff, the wild boar of the Danmonian woods had become a peaceful inhabitant of the farmyard; the cow was ready with her supplies of milk; and the horse, had, also, passed intoservitude. The Danmonian horses, however, must have frequently run wild in the woods and mountains. They are expressly described by the Romans, as at once diminutive in their size, and swift in their motions: a) And the breed still subsists in the little horses of ExmooT and Dartmoor, as well as those of Wales and Cornwall. As to the Danmonian modes of cultivating the ground, we cannot expect much information. Pliny tells Tss, that the Britons manure their ground with marie, instead of dung: And what Pliny knew relating to this ifland, was, probably, collected from the Danmonian merchants. It seems, that a variety of marks was used by the Britons as well as Romans, in manures: And sea-sand was employed in the western counties, as at the present day.(A) With respect to the process of the Britilh husbandry, it would be fruitless to enquire. I cannot but remark, in...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236168030
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 186
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236168038
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 340 gr


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