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required so to conduct the water, that the most abundant de 

 posits should be made in the lowest place, in order to bring the 

 bottom to a uniform level. The work requires to be done sub 

 stantially, and the banks made very strong, lest they should leak, 

 or be burst through by the violence of the water. 



A well-informed man, familiar with the process, gives the fol 

 lowing account of it : &quot; The water conducted by the main 

 drain into the embanked allotment is more or less divided into 

 smaller ones, called inlets, (which vary much in size,) and con 

 ducted to different parts of the compartment ; for, wherever the 

 current, leaving a drain, expands itself, there the greatest quan 

 tity of warp is deposited. As soon, then, as the plots of land next 

 the mouth of the inlets have a sufficient quantity of warp de 

 posited, the inlets are extended by what are called l call banks, 

 which, though much smaller than the others, still conduct the 

 current onwards to parts not acted upon by the currents before, 

 and so on, as required. One of the greatest niceties in warping 

 is to have the land finished as level as possible, which can only 

 be done by the strictest attention, and by proper judgment in 

 conducting the different currents, which must not be suffered to 

 cross one another, or to meet, as, in such a case, the deposit of 

 the warp is less, not so regular, and of an inferior quality.&quot; 



&quot; Care must also be taken that the currents should not be too 

 strong, for in warp there is a considerable portion of sand, which, 

 being the most heavy of all the particles floating in the water, 

 sinks first, the lighter particles being carried on by the violence 

 of the current ; consequently, a sand-bed is formed. These sand- 

 beds, however, if covered afterwards with warp, generally are 

 found to crop better than warp, which may be too strong. 



&quot; With respect to the depth of warp deposited, it depends much 

 upon the level of the land to be warped ; for, should the land be 

 very irregular, in some places there would be a great deposit, 

 and in others only, comparatively, a small one. It is generally 

 advantageous to have the land to be warped as level as possible. 

 A deposit may then be obtained, of from one to three feet, and in 

 some favorable situations it has been considerably more ; but it 

 cannot be generally calculated on.&quot; * 



* R. Creykc s Account of Warping. Jo urncd of Agricultural Society, vol. v. 

 part 2, p. 402. 



