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An extract from

A General View
of the
Agriculture
of the
County of Leicester ;
with
Observations on the means of its improvement,
Published by order of
The Board of Agriculture
and Internal Improvement

By William Pitt, 1809
of Wolverhampton

The landscape laughs around,
Full swell the woods ; their ev'ry mane wakes,
Mixt in wild concert, with the warbling brooks.
And hollows, responsive from the vales

Incessant bleatings run the hills around,
At last of snowy white the gather'd flocks,
Are in the wattled pen in numbers press'd,
The shepherd sits, and weld the sounding shears,
And soon their joyous task goes on apace.

Now swarms the village, o'er the jovial mead,
The ruddy blooming maid, the rustic youth,
E'en stooped Age is here, and Infant hands,
And as they rake the green appearing ground,
The russet hay-cock rises thick behind,
In happy labour, love, and social glee.

THOMSON

Chapter 1 Geographical State and Circumstances	Chapter 2 State of Property	Chapter 3 Buildings	Chapter 4 Occupations
Chapter 5 Implements	Chapter 6 Enclosing	Chapter 7 Arable Land	Chapter 8 Grass Land
Chapter 9 Gardens & Orchards	Chapter 10 Woods & Plantations	Chapter 11 Wastes	Chapter 12 Improvements
Chapter 13 Embankments	Chapter 14 Live Stock	Chapter 15 Rural Economy	Chapter 16 Political Economy
Chapter 17 Obstacles to Improvement	Chapter 18 Miscellaneous Articles	Glossary or Agricultural Provincialisms	Conclusion

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