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and one half on the other; if it be better to be un- 

 dcrflood by the following iketch, it is much at his 

 fervice: 



A a I 



a| 



Aa 



a| 



ajfija |aB|aB| a 



t^ al a| a| a| 



Should the Colonel's land to be planted be dry, and 

 not boggy, I fhould recommend it to him to make 

 his beds at right angles to the hill, or at leafl ob- 

 lique ; by that the beds may retain as much of the 

 moifture that falls as they can (without being flag- 

 nant) which is peculiarly grateful to a(h ; it would 

 be alfo defirable to extend his diflaace of planting 

 the aflies from three feet and half, as fpecified in the 

 memoirs, to five feet or at leafl: four feet and half; 

 becaufe, though not more than tv/o or three poles 



* The dotted line divl-'.es the trench or ditch into two equal parts, 

 one half of which is thrown on A, the other on B. 



f Bed on which the afli plants arc laid horizontally, a a a are the 

 afli plants laid horizontally. 



X Ditch as before. 



may 



