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to be the necessary results of non-exertion. He contended 
against nature, but she prevailed. His strength sensibly 
decreased, week after week, till September, 1827, when, 
without any previous change in his habits, or any illness to 
indicate the approach of death, it was found that he had not 
appeared at his usual hour in the morning. There were none 
in the house but domestics—they entered his room and found 
him in bed,—but the pillow he rested on was that of eternity; 
he had gone from the contemplation of nature to the presence 
of nature's God ! 
ON THE PLANTS WHICH ARE CALCULATED FOR 
THE FORMATION OF FENCES IN THE ISLAND OF 
JAMAICA. By James MACFADYEN, or Jamaica, M.D. 
(Read before the Jamaica Society for the Promotion of Agriculture 
-and other Useful Arts.) 
{Communicated by Dr. Macfadyen.] 
TuERE is perhaps no part of rural ceconomy, as practised in 
this country, that appears more defective to the experienced 
agriculturist, than what relates to the care of our roads and 
fences. Yet nowhere can these be more requisite, or, were they 
properly attended to, would prove of greater service. The 
most promising crops may be irreparably injured in one night 
by the inroads of cattle, and the loss sustained from stock on 
badly constructed roads, has been known, on some estates, 
to exceed two thousand pounds. 
It is my intention to confine myself at present to the 
subject of enclosures, trusting that if there be little novelty, 
there may be something useful in my remarks. — 
In establishing a fence, we have first to select the materials 
of which it is to be formed; and, secondly, to take care of it- 
after it has been made. 
