Note 593 — Chapter X · THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE OPEN-FIELD SYSTEM AND SERFDOM OF ENGLAND AND OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES OF GERMANY AND GAUL.
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In the Engadine, in reply to the question what the flat strips between the linches were called, the driver answered, 'acker.' When it was pointed out that they were grass, the reply was, 'Ah! but a hundred years ago they were ploughed.'