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ter, that they leak no more, but hold Wa^ rup to the brink. Wit tie Scarborough op*"'/- 86 . _

What force a gentle, if continual pretlvhath, we may understand also by the R°°of Trees, which we see will fometifljpierce through the Chinks of Stone Waif’and in time make great Cracks and Rifts 1 ^them ; nay, will get under their very Fo^dations. The tender Roots of Herbs oV efcome the refinance of the ground, andtheir way through Clay or Gravel. By ^by, we may here take Notice, that one f ei ‘son why plowing, harrowing, sifting, or awcomminution ot the Earth, renders it fli° rfruitful, is, because the Roots of Grals, Cp^’and other Herbs can, with more facil 1 *-)’creep abroad, and multiply their Fsorcs 1

the light and loose Earth

That the rotting of Grafs, and. other H el ’^upon the ground, may in some places t 31the Superficies of it, 1 will not deny ;is, in Gardens and Enclosures, whereGround is rank, and no Cattel are. admitsto eat off the Fog or long Grals : but tWwhere, the raising of the Superficies of “hEarth is very little and inconsiderable,*none at all, unless in .level Grounds, wh^have but little declivity : For otherwise 1

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