This venture failed and he resorted to moving further inland to the rich , although heavily timbered soils of the sloping ground to the west .
Fenton expended large sums of money attempting to drain the estuarine swamplands which he hoped would produce ideal cropping fields .
This venture failed and Fenton resorted to moving further inland to the rich , although heavily timbered soils of the sloping ground to the west .
Fenton expended large sums of money attempting to drain the estuarine swamplands which he hoped would produce ideal cropping fields .