Aug. 



314 Improvement of Holm Land hi Cumberland. 



Defcripiion of the Sketch annexed. 

 I. B B, is the new cut ; D D D D, the old bed of the 



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 river i 

 Fig. 



and C, the bank which turns the river into the new cut. 

 2. a fection of the bc^nk. A, the caufeway before the 

 bank; B, the (tone facing wliich ^"uilalns the loofe gravel C; 

 D, a coating of fods or gicen turf. 



Fig. 3. A plan ofthe bank; the fpace E E reprefents the old 

 courfe of the liver; F, that part of one fide of the entry into 

 the old bed, wh-ch was carried awav when the firll condrucnicd 

 bank was ruined by the flood ; G, the bank itfclfj and H, the 

 caufeway before it. 



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